Well, if it makes y'all feel any better...I was on "the list" the day I joined the U.S. Navy and especially the day I received my TS
clearance...
So, as a client from the ACLU told me..."You're scr*w*d..."
I work in the Electronic Discovery industry now, which is essentially, computer/gadget forensics for law firms...They bring us hard drives,
cellphones, etc. and we extract the information for them...99% of our clients were/are defendants, so I don't think we were ever paid by the
government prosecutors for that information...
In addition to "hardware" forensics...Attorneys, through the "Discovery" process can subpeona "email and text messages"...
How? Carriers are required to maintain text messages at a super secure "clearinghouse" for the purpose of using text messages as evidence...You have
no clue as to how many cases of infidelity have been won because of text messages...(Hmmm...very recently, a certain Congress member and a Myspace
mistress come to mind via text message Discovery)...
As for attempting to verify information regarding employers who are out of business, etc...That is a tough one...I had two companies fold under me and
while interviewing for other jobs, the companies who I interviewed with thought that I was using some "creative writing" on my resume, as one former
company still had a website and the phone number just kept ringing (and it was listed in the business section of "Super Pages," so you would think
that if the phone wasn't answered...uhmm..."lights are out")
Funny that you mention strange caller-ID numbers popping up...I have an "Unavailable Number" 999-999-9999 that has shown up a few times lately and
have had the strange 6-1045 (or something like that) show up as well...I assumed that they were sales calls, and do not remember when I signed up on
that "Do Not Call" list...
Summing up...
Having been in the Navy and then working in the legal field...most of us, as my friend at the ACLU pointed out, are scr*w*d...Because of the advances
in technology we are more exposed than ever today...




