TMI
I use my debit card for everything. I rarely ever carry or pay cash even for the smallest item. It drives my husband crazy that I will send him to the store for a gallon of milk and expect him to use his debit card. He likes to pay cash for the little things, but it doesn't bother me at all to use the card even for a small purchase.
Recently, I have been giving a lot of thought to the big brother theory. If I use my debit card for everything, then truthfully anyone who is interested can track my every move. They will know my habits, like which stores I frequent and how much I spend. It is kind of like the internet, it is really tracking my every move. I don't mean to sound paranoid, but sometimes I think that it is a little scary. Anyone who has access to this information can tell exactly my path as I go through town running errands. They can tell what night I do my grocery shopping and where, and can even see everything I buy. The truth is that there was a time when using a card was safer than carrying cash, however, lately it seems like the merchants barely even look at the cards much less match the signature to them. In places like McDonalds and Subway for instance a purchase for less than $30.00 they don't even have you sign for anymore. It has gotten a little to casual for my comfort, where they just assume that whoever presents my card is me, no matter what or how they sign. In this day, it seems that they could begin using fingerprints or DNA to identify you as the correct person; however, I don't really want that info in the government's data base either.
I am seriously considering using cash more often for my purchases, as I just don't like the idea of my every move being followed or traced by an unknown source. If our government can trace our every move and the internet can also, who is to say that this information is not falling into the wrong hands as well. I just think that for our own protection and privacy, we should watch our information and only share it when necessary, this way if there is a problem, we know how our information got leaked.
