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And that's what you disclosed. What did investigators discover and what did others said about you?

KGIII 9y ago
I mostly know what others said about me, assuming they only spoke to people I listed. Those other people also disclosed information about themselves, some of it very personal. Not only did the OPM hack affect my privacy, it made me a cause of others losing some of their privacy. By extension, they made me responsible. Fortunately, none of my friends and family hold me accountable and understand that I'm not to blame. Still... It's not a good place to be, emotionally. I've since gotten over it, for the most part. I don't even know what was in their investigation notes. That's need to know and they don't think I need to know. I disclosed everything from drug use to promiscuity, with names, dates, and places. It wasn't just my information in those files. Who knows what can be done with that info by giving it big-data treatment? Add that database to this one, and the many others, and I'd be surprised if you couldn't draw much larger pictures and associations. The world is not that big and cross-checking on large data sets is almost certain to further erode privacy.
- caseysoftware 9y ago
  > I mostly know what others said about me, assuming they only spoke to people I listed. One of the questions most investigators ask is "Is there anyone else I should talk to?" Sometimes they say it in general, sometimes about specific situations or interests but they say it regularly and often. They know that the people you list will be neutral -> positive about you. They want more.
  - KGIII 9y ago
    Yeah, I've been interviewed for other people and that was a question they did ask me. They also asked some odd questions that took me a while to think of why they had asked them. They'd asked them to make sure I really knew them well and was giving honest answers. Stuff like, "We know you went to school together. Do you remember what sports they played?" Except we'd not gone to school together. Crafty buggers. Either way, that data is all out there now. I'm not sure what all made it into the reports, I suspect most of it did.

I mostly know what others said about me, assuming they only spoke to people I listed. Those other people also disclosed information about themselves, some of it very personal. Not only did the OPM hack affect my privacy, it made me a cause of others losing some of their privacy. By extension, they made me responsible. Fortunately, none of my friends and family hold me accountable and understand that I'm not to blame. Still... It's not a good place to be, emotionally. I've since gotten over it, for the most part. I don't even know what was in their investigation notes. That's need to know and they don't think I need to know. I disclosed everything from drug use to promiscuity, with names, dates, and places. It wasn't just my information in those files. Who knows what can be done with that info by giving it big-data treatment? Add that database to this one, and the many others, and I'd be surprised if you couldn't draw much larger pictures and associations. The world is not that big and cross-checking on large data sets is almost certain to further erode privacy.

caseysoftware 9y ago
> I mostly know what others said about me, assuming they only spoke to people I listed. One of the questions most investigators ask is "Is there anyone else I should talk to?" Sometimes they say it in general, sometimes about specific situations or interests but they say it regularly and often. They know that the people you list will be neutral -> positive about you. They want more.
- KGIII 9y ago
  Yeah, I've been interviewed for other people and that was a question they did ask me. They also asked some odd questions that took me a while to think of why they had asked them. They'd asked them to make sure I really knew them well and was giving honest answers. Stuff like, "We know you went to school together. Do you remember what sports they played?" Except we'd not gone to school together. Crafty buggers. Either way, that data is all out there now. I'm not sure what all made it into the reports, I suspect most of it did.