[caseysoftware]

> I do not think companies have really demonstrated that they can handle this data responsibly.

Neither have governments. The entire OPM (Office of Personnel Management) background check database was breached and thoroughly compromised for years. And that system is effectively the blackmailer's wet dream. I wrote about that almost 6 years ago here:

https://caseysoftware.com/blog/why-this-security-breach-is-w...

And that was before the NSA had all their best hacking tools stolen..

[jl2718]

What is the responsible thing to do here?

Should a government announce to the people that everybody within it is potentially operating under foreign influence?

[Nexxius]

Cyber COP, Experian Cyber services, and the like have provided fairly perm accounts paid for by the government due to breaches and mistaken disclosures of PII. While the above mentioned incident is one of the more notable, it ain't the first and isn't even the most recent.

[jl2718]

If you think that is even an attempt at a solution, then I’m pretty sure you don’t understand how this information is used.