Theft protection with a max liability of $50 is the rule rather than the exception in the US. My parents had a card stolen and $13k charged at Home Depot. They were only liable for $50.
Home Depot? The criminals were redecorating their bathroom, or adding a deck to their house? I should probably not be amused by this.
When I worked retail, people used to get mad at me because I asked for photo ID when they used a credit card. So dumb.
I get paranoid when they DON'T ID me when I use mine. What if it was somebody else with my card buying all that stuff?
The first thing I thought when I saw all those names was identity theft alert. Imagine, buy some simmy clothes, an suddenly six John Smith's pop up and you are blamed for everything they do. Just for sharing some Sims files. (And most likely, not doing ANYTHING, seeing as TSR doesn't care either way)
Here in Britain they don't ID you when you use a credit card, they used to go on your signature but now they have 'chip and pin' machines that you pop the card in and type your pin number into to authorise the purchase.
On another subject did we ever find out whether TSR was definitely giving people viruses or not because my AVG is kicking up a fuss whenever I download something and moving the files to the virus vault. It gives the reason as "Suspicion: unknown virus. TSR"* which is a bit too coincidental for my liking even though the files are not from TSR
I'm running a full virus scan now so I'll let you know how it goes. Paranoia. I haz it.
*I'm hoping someone is going to tell me that TSR is also a computer term and I'm being paranoid.
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Well, not *phew* in the sense that I still seem to have a virus, but *phew* in the sense it didn't come from them! Very apt name for a virus though isn't it! 
