credit card applications

Hey guys, I'm new here and joining you from the recently closed Travel Codex forum. For my first post I wanted to copy a thread I started over there in late September. I'll string together my comments into one section then upload a PDF of the whole thread so you can see the entire conversation...

I am a frequent reader of Brian Krebs, the owner of the Krebs on Security blog: http://krebsonsecurity.com/ Brian always recommends to have credit freeze as the best means of identity protection. I am reluctant to get CF, because it would impede my ability to apply for new credit cards. What...