[closed] Future of PC security and privacy?

As old man gibson recently said on his podcast 'computer weren't built with security in mind' at the inception of this revolutionary age were in the mist of. I think even if a completely new OS was designed from the ground up on a completely different architecture (other than i386 mmx and all the other abbreviations) of chip design connected to a 2ed internet behind multaple filters and firewalls ect ect the shiznet would still get exploited.

Its the nature of the proverbial beast. The best practice on any platform it awareness and smart computing.

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Your Internet privacy is pretty much void once you connect. You can avoid collateral damage by not visiting sites such as crack sites that will often lay evil traps and only go to sites that you or friends have recommended.

Google has a number of data collection points so that as you go around the net your browsing habits are being monitored. You can opt out of it, but not that many people probably realize it. Even when your not at a google website then these points are setup elsewhere such as sites that have google ad sense and how many of those have that?...

We just have to keep an eye out and make sure the people who are collecting the data are not doing it to F U in the A later.

People can still find a lot of people in the phone book and find their numbers. Do we simply think that because we look anonymous from the the computer that we should assume we are anonymous anyway? The only difference with the net is that in a few clicks, the data of millions can be mined.

The only way to be truly safe and private is to simply not connect. I recon no matter how many fixes to stop malaware, viruses and trying to get people to stop collecting data then people will always do it and find ways around blocks, it's part and parcel of the net being this big open ocean that anyone can swim in. Someones gonna pee and ruin it for everyone.

Having freedom don't mean your free.

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I feel PC Security & Privacy will decrease more & more as Monitoring Technologies increase. From Location Based Services, GPS, IP Mapping, Nielsen Ratings, Tivo, Netflix, Discount Buyers Card, Credit Card Purchases, Google, Yahoo, BING ... more

Well I don't believe we will ever be safe from those things. As security evolves so do the hackers. So even if the anti virus's get a new update soon enough so will hackers, and as for the government what can we do its the government.