We do not need a crystal ball to come to the realization that our future will rely heavily on technology. We are a society who does not have patience and we have pushed our reliance on technology far beyond our ability to understand how to protect ourselves. We have to hope that the people we do business with are vigilant in the handling of our personal information, but the dirty little secret is, they may do everything in their power to protect you, but these issues are a fact of life that you need to be aware of:
1. Technology is imperfect and the race to be the first company to bring the coolest new widget to market outweighs their concern with bring it to market securely. They hardly if ever do.
2. As the INTERNET expands, the world becomes a smaller place, which makes it more dangerous as it is easy for criminal enterprises to operate outside the jurisdiction of the laws which govern our actions. This is true to the point were many of the sophisticated Internet crimes are funded by government bodies.
3. Nobody believes "IT" will happen to them. i promise you it will eventually happen to you.
4. As cross-platform applications become the norm, we are all targets to cyber crime, especially those who use computer platforms deemed to be safe. NOTHING can be further from the truth.
5. Logging on to a wireless network carries inherent dangers. Nobody should log on to the network at the local coffee house with a computer they intend to bring to their office. I realize this is almost impossible to achieve but it is the sad but honest truth.
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