Fraud seems to pay well.

who is responsible for starting this urban legend, is a known fraudster. He has lost his medical license (in England where he lives) and his scientific publications have been withdrawn as frauds. There is no credible evidence of any kind for these claims.

You are assuming that these people use password managers and do not use 123456 for its password.

That would be wise. How many people are wise?

It depends greatly on where you live. Crime is not evenly distributed across the map or culture. Of course, much of the fear of crime is news driven paranoia, but there is nothing particularly new about that. The media has been sensationalizing crime, since news reporting was invented. The rich have always been paranoid, and not always without reason. Examine the history of the French Revolution for an example of what happens when the have-nots finally decide that they have nothing to lose. The question is, how far away from that are various societies around the world.

If you had situational awareness, you would not need a weapon. Very few people have the training to have the situational awareness to avoid being kidnapped if attacked by an experienced multi-person team. This is just a new twist on an old technique. Grabbing someone and forcing them to take money from an ATM, for example. Basic rules, don't go out partying at night, stay out of questionable bars, and don't show off your wealth, particularly do not show that it is a highly liquid form like Bitcoin.

That will not help you, when they are torturing you. Of course, once you hand it over, they will probably kill you anyway.

Not much point in being wealthy, if you don't flaunt it. Unless of course you are the type who gives it all away, but those are super rare.

Or likely buy it.

Because secretly you are an alien with two hearts or a lizard master in disguise?

I am not sure what they were measuring. A Nazi can be polite. One can spue hatred and still use polite language.

How long before they replace them all with an AI chatbot? The intelligence level would probably be about the same, and the compensability would probably be improved.

It is not really much different in the US. Their primary function is to prevent lawsuits and protect management.

They apparently consider you and me less human than corporations.

You can own a type of seed; you cannot own a human at least in the US. Now, of course, if the courts ruled that genetically modified babies were not human, all bets would be off.