Security?

"Nothing is really secure - Get over it!"  If this is true, then what might be the consequences, given your own use of networking technologies:

I know this is a true statement because the modes we use to transmit our messages and information are not handed from one person to another. While our technologies are great, everything leaves a digital footprint when we use them. With this said, it means that we need to always be aware of the risks when we send information. Online shopping is great because of its convenience and competative market, but you're also exposing important information since that information travels from network to network until it gets to the right destination. While it's traveling, anyone can intercept it.

The opposite can also occur. Even if you are simply browsing the Internet, the fact is that you are connected to millions of computers. Using firewalls and anti-virus software helps to protect us but there will always be loop holes people can find to access information from your computer or phone. We need to remember that our technologies follow the rule of "give-and-take", and this means that our inter-connections from our networking exposes us to the good and the bad.