Deal with it

I was reading “The Constitutional Foundations of Privacy,” of Justice Cortes wherein she recognized that the use of computers poses new threats to privacy. She states that “it may interfere and ultimately deprive the individual of the right to control the flow of information about himself.” Basically this was because of the possibility of dissemination of information to an audience one didn’t intend to share the information with or by giving inaccurate information leading to a wrong impression about a person.

Which makes me wonder about those who arent very computer savy – how do they deal with the possibility of having their information shared with the world without their knowledge?

Information is constantly sent over the internet, through internet banking, buying on Amazon, etc. What if a phishing site was able to take his credit card number? Or was able to take their log-in information and impersonate them, causing all sorts of mayhem. Is there a way to absolutely protect ourselves from such situations? Or are we doomed to live in either ignorance or fear of the evils of technology? Yes, its difficult to imagine a life separate from something that has become a part of daily life. Guess we’ll just have to deal with it.