From a security perspective, if you're connected, you're screwed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.
Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of control.
If you entrust your data to others, they can let you down or outright betray you.
I'm a Luddite with computers, and I'm slightly worried about being hacked as well.
The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.
All this technology for connection and what we really only know more about is how anonymous we are in the grand scheme of things.
Privacy and encryption work, but it's too easy to make a mistake that exposes you.
One common puzzle for the security-minded is how to work with confidential data on the road. Sometimes you can't bring your laptop, or don't want to. But working on somebody else's machine exposes you to malware and leaves behind all kinds of electronic trails.
I don't care about my personal security or my internet security.
While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
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