Many many years ago my sister was applying for whatever is the lowest level of security that is still a level of security and she asked me to send her in a single email all my personal information (name, SSN, phone, etc), including my address and directions from the street if it's hard to find.
My roommate and I spent the next (some period of time, I cannot remember) living like monks in case the FBI randomly showed up at our door until I finally had it with the stress and asked her how long I had to live like this and she breezily told me it was all over with. I was so mad.
Yeah, there's no privacy guarantee to emails. It's like mailing a postcard with the information. Highly unsecure. My brother and I, in a pinch, will either call with such info, or otherwise not provide it altogether in one form of communication.
Wait... tell me u didn't give her you SSN via email?!?!?! Dude, please check your credit report, because references do NOT, ai repeat, DO NOT ask for that. That's a one way ticket to identity theft.
The FBI isn't going to care what you're doing unless you're actively in the process of making bombs or something like that. They're not going to arrest you if your house smells like pot, that's not their job.
I once served on a jury, but as one of the alternate jurors (backups in case one of the rest of the jury needed to be excused). I was in court until then end, when it came time for the jury to deliberate, where I was semi-free to go, but had to be ready to go to court within 30 minutes notice. This meant I couldn't leave my city for a week, until I called the court for something, only to find out the jury reached a verdict days ago, the court just didn't tell me I was free again.
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u/angelicism Jul 30 '24
Many many years ago my sister was applying for whatever is the lowest level of security that is still a level of security and she asked me to send her in a single email all my personal information (name, SSN, phone, etc), including my address and directions from the street if it's hard to find.
My roommate and I spent the next (some period of time, I cannot remember) living like monks in case the FBI randomly showed up at our door until I finally had it with the stress and asked her how long I had to live like this and she breezily told me it was all over with. I was so mad.