We Say We Want Privacy But…
Each day my email box fills up with reports of cyberattacks, privacy violations, stolen consumer and business information. It’s an everyday common thing now. Privacy advocates, cybersecurity researchers, consumer protection advocates, and counterintelligence consultants routinely issue press releases, write articles and attend industry meetings and professional conferences discussing the increasing problem of privacy, identity theft and cybersecurity. Local, state and nationally elected officials hold hearings — and more hearings. (Their questions often indicate that many of these elected men and women are often clueless or at least poorly informed about how the Internet, our computers, smartphones, cloud computing, servers and so on, work, interact.)
Everyone says, “something must be done”. Hosting and data providers increasingly require strong passwords — those that include long strings of letters, special symbols and both upper and lowercase letters. Internet Security Software companies continue working on new products for consumers, small businesses, corporations to surf more safely online, to hopefully prevent infection and compromise of our electronic devices. The battle between the good guys and the black hat hacker community and other sponsoring criminal or foreign government organizations continues and escalates.
