For the life of me, I can't wrap my head around why anyone would think that the government gives a crap what some furry in their twenties is emailing to other people. They're far too busy changing up the security on their own systems four times a month after China repeatedly hacks into their systems to care about what we're doing (and no I am not exaggerating--the military still insists on using internet exploder for goodness sake, their techies are pretty much worthless at anything except making it a huge headache for soldiers to access their own accounts).
I mean yeah if you're some high profile activist, /maybe/....but the average person? I don't know whether that would be considered narcissistic or just plain paranoid.
Yeah it's a good idea not to share all of your personal information willy nilly where it's public and sites like Spokeo or Peekyou can harvest it all and present it to identity thieves in one nice, convenient package; that's a bit bigger of a risk factor for the average nobody than being spied on by some super secret agency.
And yes, if you're looking for employment and once you're employed, assuming you give a crap about keeping a regular income, you really don't want your employer and coworkers to find out. I had a pretty bad scare when I first started my job, as I have a coworker that looked up 'furry' (after a student used her computer and was looking at furry related stuff I'm assuming) who is now convinced that being a furry means you're into beastiality. I certainly wasn't going to speak up--not with my job (and apartment, due to my situation) on the line. Better for her to get to know me and maybe accidentally find out someday down the road, when she realizes I'm just a normal person like anyone else (and well after I've proven my worth in the position). That's called being an adult and not taking unnecessary risks for a cause that just isn't worth losing your main source of income over. Besides, as a professional, why does it even matter what my hobbies are? It doesn't. It has no place in the work place; in fact, regardless of your fandom or hobbies, it's just a smart idea to keep the two lives separate, if only for the sake of professionalism.
annnnnd wow I really didn't mean to go on a tangent there, but it is what it is.
For the life of me, I can't wrap my head around why anyone would think that the government gives a crap what some furry in their twenties is emailing to other people. They're far too busy changing up the security on their own systems four times a month after China repeatedly hacks into their systems to care about what we're doing (and no I am not exaggerating--the military still insists on using internet exploder for goodness sake, their techies are pretty much worthless at anything except making it a huge headache for soldiers to access their own accounts).
I mean yeah if you're some high profile activist, /maybe/....but the average person? I don't know whether that would be considered narcissistic or just plain paranoid.
Yeah it's a good idea not to share all of your personal information willy nilly where it's public and sites like Spokeo or Peekyou can harvest it all and present it to identity thieves in one nice, convenient package; that's a bit bigger of a risk factor for the average nobody than being spied on by some super secret agency.
And yes, if you're looking for employment and once you're employed, assuming you give a crap about keeping a regular income, you really don't want your employer and coworkers to find out. I had a pretty bad scare when I first started my job, as I have a coworker that looked up 'furry' (after a student used her computer and was looking at furry related stuff I'm assuming) who is now convinced that being a furry means you're into beastiality. I certainly wasn't going to speak up--not with my job (and apartment, due to my situation) on the line. Better for her to get to know me and maybe accidentally find out someday down the road, when she realizes I'm just a normal person like anyone else (and well after I've proven my worth in the position). That's called being an adult and not taking unnecessary risks for a cause that just isn't worth losing your main source of income over. Besides, as a professional, why does it even matter what my hobbies are? It doesn't. It has no place in the work place; in fact, regardless of your fandom or hobbies, it's just a smart idea to keep the two lives separate, if only for the sake of professionalism.
annnnnd wow I really didn't mean to go on a tangent there, but it is what it is.