On September 19, Dad invited us over to celebrate finishing his rebuilt deck. I arrived early to complete a confidential compensation review on my company laptop. I worked in his study, where I also had an employee portal tab open from checking my retirement contribution. When Dad asked me to buy a few groceries, I saved my report, lowered the laptop lid, and left. I assumed it would lock automatically. A recent security update had reset its timer to thirty minutes.

Eleven minutes later, Kendall entered the study. Dad’s hallway camera recorded her touching my laptop’s trackpad and opening the employee portal. She found my latest paycheck deposit: $5,317.42 every two weeks. Instead of leaving, she filmed the screen and posted a video mocking my income, my old car, and my clothes. She told her followers she could earn more from one sponsored post. But behind my paycheck was another open window, displaying information that was far more sensitive than anything belonging to me.