> But users don't give a shit if some forum they signed up for 3 years ago gets hacked. It depends on the forum and the hacker. Most hacks won't have a practic

> But users don't give a shit if some forum they signed up for 3 years ago gets hacked. It depends on the forum and the hacker. Most hacks won't have a practical implication, but a targeted attack by somebody unhappy with your comments might abuse your identity or information the account reveals. Or a forum can reveal information you don't want to have revealed (medical help forums, sexual stuff, ...) And sometimes you are really to leave "child times" behind you, which might reach surface again later. (Say when you get into a political career ten years later and somebody finds your mail address and searches through dumps of leaked data etc.)