I am about destroy everything you have believed or desired from Cyberspace. Instead of backgrounds and explanations, I'm going to the point, I'll explain why in coming chapters.
Bottom line; Nothing is private, nothing is safe Online. You are walking naked down main street. If you don't realise it, you will learn the hard way.
When you recognise this, you will be able to protect yourself.
Your protection comes from being anonymous, unknown, insignificant. You don't merely need a pile of malware detectors to prevent attack from computer viri, you need to protect yourself from human viri.
The Internet, which pretends to be a free and eglatarian space where everyone is equal, is a dangerous and corrupt realm where everyone and everything is for sale, and you are no more than prey for predators.
Nothing on the Internet is safe, secret, or real. Anything you post can and will be hacked, cracked, and used. The Internet is a twisted reality where you are blind among the sighted.
Imagine living in a house, full of security devices, but the door is wide open. The door is open the moment you go online and interact with other organic life forms. The danger to you is from other people. The danger to you is from all those social networking platforms where you communicate with other people.
You can use any number of malware protectors to prevent your computer being invaded by malware. There are no protectors to keep you safe from human malware.
Draw a line between people you have coffee with in real life and people you meet online.
Put it simply; how do you know this twelve year old girl who claims to attend that middle school is not a 57 year old pederast? The picture? The words? How do you know? If you haven't sat at a table with 'her', you can't.
'Respectable' web sites sell your information to whomever wants to buy. What the purchaser does with your information depends on what use you have.
Bottom line? Trust no one and nothing in Cyberspace.