You dont understand,said the soldier who sat next me, who was speaking into his phone.
His hand was shaking.
you oughta find somewhere safe!
Go to your mother, and call me as soon as you get there.
Ending the call, he clutched the phone firmly in both hands, placing it on his lap.
As I observed, perspiration droplets started to materialize on his forehead.
America, bravery, armed.
Is there something I can help with?
He shot a frightened look toward me.
Did you hear whats happening on LinkedIn?
America, bravery, armed.
A bit, I said.
What did they do now?
Didnt you hear that LinkedIn was hacked?
That means that over one hundred million user accounts are now hacked.
Whats more, Ive just returned from Afghanistan.
Do you know what this means?
No, I said.
Hell know where I live, based on the personal details in my account.
They know who my wife is.
They know how to get to our house!
This is the world without privacy that were all afraid of.
They wont find your wife.
He looked up with a miserable glance.
Because LinkedIn was already hacked once, four years ago, in 2012.
They just didnt understand how serious the problem was back then.
They thought that only six and a half million passwords were stolen.
Actually, I did, he said.
In 2013, I think.
Everythings OK,I reassured him.
Real privacy doesnt exist any more.
He thought for a moment.
Thats what I think, too.
He was just one more citizen concerned about what this agency was doing.
But only within the period that information was gathered in, he said.
Right, I answered.
Thats why Im claiming thatweve all lost ourhistorical privacy.
Yup, he said.
But I was married to my ex-wife, in a house I used to live in.
Does this mean that ISIS could get to her?
If all of these assumptions are true, then yes.
Maybe you should call her and warn her?
He hesitated for a moment, and shrugged.
Its OK, he said.
His blog:www.curatingthefuture.com
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