[jolmg]

> @op the obvious question - what were you doing with the account?

Geez... Let's let the guy have some privacy. Whatever happened to presuming innocence?

If OP is in the wrong, no advice we give is going to get them out of it, but if they're in the right, we might be able to help them. Trying to find fault in OP seems pointless.

[corobo]

Mate he's welcome to not respond. No privacy has been violated unless OP decides to respond.

Presuming innocence is for the court and legal systems. I am neither.

I am not forcing him to answer and I will of course respect the decision if he doesn't want to.

[jolmg]

I'm saying it's an inappropriate question. Their privacy wouldn't be violated even if they did respond, but it's just an uncourteous thing to ask.

[corobo]

I disagree. Let's leave it there I guess.

[Brian_K_White]

What do you do with your accounts?

[corobo]

Not much really. Just shuffling debt around so that creditors don't feel the need to claim it back in one go mostly. Freelance income as of end of last year, grinding the debt down. Wasn't getting anywhere with it at a fixed salary job.

I realise you're proving a point rather than this being relevant so cba typing any further, here ya go https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35016037

[Brian_K_White]

So, the fact that you personally don't care who knows your private information, means that there is no such thing as private information.

This was telegraphed so it was indeed irrelevant to try to illustrate that point.

[werewrsdf]

Appreciate the sentiment. I held off on saying the transactions for this exact reason. People are already speculating on the cause without the transactions. I was more interested in things to do next instead of wild speculation on the reasons for it happening (which will not help me).

[lamontcg]

> Whatever happened to presuming innocence?

private individuals can presume whatever they want to presume.

it is only the state that has to presume your innocence.

[jolmg]

I'm not saying private individuals have an obligation to presume innocence. I'm saying it's the courteous thing to do. It makes sense to apply the same principle. Better to assume a guilty man innocent, than an innocent man guilty. It's not like there's any risk in any of us doing that in this case.

[lamontcg]

> Better to assume a guilty man innocent

that's how you get exploited by sociopaths in your personal life.