I think you're not being paranoid enough. The "HN member" in question has a karma of 18 (yes, karma does count), and I don't recognise his username. The questi

I think you're not being paranoid enough. The "HN member" in question has a karma of 18 (yes, karma does count), and I don't recognise his username. The questions you need to ask yourself is: 1) is there any potential downside whatsoever to submitting my data here? If this data is on the front page of the new york times tomorrow, and everyone I know knows it, do I stand to lose anything because of it? 2) is there any real upside to submitting my data here? (seeing other people's data has obvious upsides) Unless 2 is clearly bigger than 1, submitting your salary info here is an irrational decision.