I never thought of how awful it would be to drop one if you used it to help maintain your identity or serve up something tied to your offline self. This is a real landmine now that I think on it. :sadpanda:

I suppose I can take comfort in the fact that I've only done this once and only in a limited capacity! 

 In my current case I have 2 from shuttered businesses from years ago.  I've kept them partly to avoid identity theft (highly unlikely, very edge-case), and in the past the cost was negligible.  But now... 

 This sounds tangential but the only thing I can think to do is let them expire and have other mitigating controls: freezing your credit, watching your credit reports, retaining a lawyer, and squatting on your gov benefits accounts even if you're not eligible for them yet.  :thisisfine: