Find an attorney. Don’t give us any updates. Consider deleting this. This posting could be considered legally discoverable. Not hard to figure out who you are from your submission history. Best of luck.
Because he said something at all. Though, HN is probably not akw hanging fruit for anything. Unless your founder is here and knows you are. Or if you re-use that username then when they look for your social media they will find it.
Lawyers have thier own urban legends, just like every other profession.
While it's typical for lawyers to instruct clients "don't say a word" - making it easier for them to control the narrative - in this instance, it's entirely unnecessary.
In other contexts, I'd go further and say it might even be risky to do so, given there are laws around deleting/preserving evidence when litigation is anticipated.
Here, though, it's just a fairly innocuous request for advice.