Placing value on invested time
A little while ago, I got an email alert from archive.org that their user database had been hacked and that I should probably change my password.
I panicked.
Not for long mind you, but there was a definite increase in anxiety until I'd done exactly that. I also changed my username so that it wasn't a carbon copy of the email username.
Why did I panic?
It was an entirely emotional reaction, with no bearing on reality. My archive.org account is set up on an one-off, single-use email address. Ditto for the password. I don't have any accounts anywhere that use either one of those credentials.
If my account credentials were leaked, my account hacked and compromised, what would I have lost?
Time, mostly.
Also, I've been using it as a pseudo-bookmark archive tool to help keep track of things I've read that made me feel something, a guarantee that it'll will still be there, still be somewhere, if I feel the need to read it again.
☑ Save also in my web archive
That's it.
In the grand scheme of things, that's practically nothing.
So, why did I panic?
I think we've been conditioned to panic when hearing this sort of news, regardless the actual severity of the breach. Even when practically nothing is on the line...
Go look how many times this blog has been archived.
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