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Would you trade your Social Security number for a pistachio cookie?
A performance artist recently set up a booth at a New York festival, offering homemade cookies in exchange for visitors’ phone numbers, fingerprints, address, mother’s maiden name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of their Social Security numbers, and more. More than half of the 380 people willing to trade such personal information for a short-lived treat allowed the artist, Risa Puno, to take their pictures. Nearly half gave out their last four Social Security digits. A third gave up their fingerprints. They also agreed to let Puno share this information with anyone she wants….Read More
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