> My trust in private companies has been at it's lowest since then and I absolutely do not trust startups to keep my data safe. Hate to be the bearer of bad ne

> My trust in private companies has been at it's lowest since then and I absolutely do not trust startups to keep my data safe. Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but governments aren’t any better. Local government in particular is usually an IT security nightmare. There was a local government in a state I used to reside in that required folks to have an “alarm license” for their home and fined people for false alarm police callouts. The form to apply required you to give an alarm code for the police, and of course your name, address, and phone number. Predictably, the database of information was ineffectively secured and basically public on the Internet for years before it was fixed. I don’t recall any burglaries or home invasions happening due to it, but still rather asinine. At this point in my life I have basically no faith in any institution in society and treat all information I give out as effectively compromised immediately.