You posted your life online, and now you're angry that someone read it.

[Lee-Lee]

46. There is a lesson here- call me holier than thou if it makes you feel better

The moment you put any of your data on anyone else’s system you have lost control of that data.

At best you are trusting them to be honest when they say it won’t be shared any also to have competent security to avoid it being misused.

And in the real world you can’t count on any of that.

There is a market for data. For your data. And there are people that will only gather it legally, there are people who will be less than legal.

If you think what CA is doing was bad, you will hate what the even blacker hat types are doing to steal your data and sell it.

This is just reality. If you put it on Facebook or twitter or a forum or even in an email you are no longer in control of it and should assume it will be compromised, either because the company you trusted it with intentionally did or because the people you trusted with it didn’t secure it well enough.

All your online activity should be done with this in mind.

I do a lot of my job checking out the online profiles of people for background checks. If I am checking you I dig into your online presence. I see what you post and who your friends are and your patterns. I can analyze who your friends are and who you interact with in posts to see who your social circle is and what kind of company you keep.

And it’s all out there because you put it there.

Hell, the number of crimes I’ve come across and reported in the years I have been doing this is astounding. From human trafficking to firearms violations to poaching to theft to vehicle title fraud. People breaking the law and bragging about it.

First rule of online is don’t be stupid. Second rule of online is assume anything you post can be seen by anyone.