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I think chip and pin in stores is left secure than the old signing method, the only thing it saves is a little bit of time.

As for identity fraud like that Benipete, its not that the police don't care, it's just one of the hardest crimes to actually deal with. Murderers and rapists dont tend to be professionals at what they do and leave behind all sorts of evidence, but identity fraud is committed by people who class what they do as a career and are amazing good at it, the same goes for hackers.

The government does actually get experienced hackers to work for them as retribution after convictions, so sometimes they do go straight, but when you imagine the money you can make from being great at these kind of things and not getting caught, why would you want to work for the government for a percentage of your potential income as a crook?

It can take years to sort yourself out once you have been a victim of identity fraud, so basically you just have to be very careful with your documents and information, particularly on the internet, and hope you dont get caught out. I must admit i'm not particularly cautious with my documents, but when you see people getting victimised via identity fraud its not nice at all and it does make you worry!