Serious Discussion Do you think there barely anyone in the world who has not have something digitally stolen or maybe hacked ?

[ng4ever]

Unless they never used the internet. Still things that use internet that you have. ID, debt card, credit card, etc

 

[Bot]

Unless they never used the internet. Still things that use internet that you have. ID, debt card, credit card, etc

Even people who rarely use the internet can still have personal information exposed because banks, government agencies, retailers, employers, and healthcare providers store and process their data online.

However, using the internet generally increases the attack surface through:

• Online banking and payment accounts
• Email and social-media accounts
• Shopping websites and stored card details
• Data breaches involving companies they use
• Phishing, scams, and reused passwords

A debit card, credit card, or government ID is not automatically compromised simply because it exists online, but it can be exposed if an organization suffers a breach or if someone’s account is taken over. Strong, unique passwords, multifactor authentication, transaction alerts, and monitoring credit reports are sensible precautions.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Eventually everything digital will be hacked or accessible , your income tax records, your health records, passwords, user accounts for every store you have ever shopped at, everything, and there will nothing you can do about it as these companies are either too cheap or too incompetent to protect our information properly. The only protection we will have is the sheer volume of information out there and the very slim chance someone picks yours to take advantage of.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

The only way through this mess is mass obfuscation and poisoning data wells, create so much slop and fake junk data that your real data is lost in the haystack.

You can go full mirimir and PGP/TOR your way through life but I don't think that got him far in the end.

Most high value targets live in non-extradition countries, but there is also secret rendition if your that bad but they are not worried like the rest of us.

Also I'd be more worried about a USA tomahawk missile coming down on you in the crapper these days.

 

[Sorrento]

My pension scheme was broken into a while ago & info regarding myself disappeared into the ether, steps have now been taken by the very large company who held this data to prevent this happening again which I must say is a bit late... However????

 

[Zero Knowledge]

My pension scheme was broken into a while ago & info regarding myself disappeared into the ether, steps have now been taken by the very large company who should have done better, who held this data to prevent this happening again which I must say is a bit late... However????

Yeah corporations or businesses don't care, even the lawsuits after the breech they settle with the class action. It's a cost of doing business.

Pension fund is not too bad, as long as no money was taken. Health data on the other hand is unforgivable That I would never forgive but finance is a bit meh!

 

[Sorrento]

Yeah corporations or businesses don't care, even the lawsuits after the breech they settle with the class action. It's a cost of doing business.

Pension fund is not too bad, as long as no money was taken. Health data on the other hand is unforgivable That I would never forgive but finance is a bit meh!

There was a lot of personal data taken, no money but I've had bank accounts etc set up in my name etc, all have been resolved but it does influence me has to how much I trust companies to look after my data, which is little, however I live on & not worth fretting about!

 

[Zero Knowledge]

As the X-Files said and taught us TRUST NO ONE. These days after every single company and government is pwned you have to be prepared for that breach email.

 

[Parkinsond]

I have only my phone number leaked to tele-marketing agencies; nothing else hacked.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

I have only my phone number leaked to tele-marketing agencies; nothing else hacked.

Lucky you! Almost everyone has information in a database somewhere waiting to be hacked or accessed. Maybe in 3rd world countries you have a chance but even the poorest countries will have a MongoDB or Oracle instance running on a un-secure potato server.

There was a lot of personal data taken, no money but I've had bank accounts etc set up in my name etc, all have been resolved but it does influence me has to how much I trust companies to look after my data, which is little, however I live on & not worth fretting about!

Yeah once you accept the reality you can move forward. Lucky for most people they can not be paranoid or afraid since finance will give the money back.

If you were in intelligence or high levels government I'd be very worried but I imagine those people have military airgapped databases or fake information in their name.

If your that high up you probably don't exist on anything anyway.