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A defense contractor has been charged and found guilty of selling a thumb drive containing names and Social Security information of around 17,000 military personnel for $500.00. The good news, the guy who bought the information was part of a special FBI task force that was entasked of finding such activities. What does that have to do with you and the web, well it’s not the web totally but the amount of information that you have on and in the web that can make or break you, Imagine the case, a military contractor working on highly secure computers from the Department of Defense with security clearance access to data getting information that should have been out of his reach and selling it for what, a measly $500.00. Imagine if you were one of those 17,000 personnel, how much would you be worth? Actually, doing the math makes your personal and financial information is worth roughly 0.02 cents. Your privacy and social security numbers for 0.02 cents, fathom that.