Total online security may be an impossible mission.
Risk is inevitable.
In many parts of the country, it's now possible to pay your taxes, renew your driver's license, contact your elected officials and get your passport, all online. At the same time, many still shun the use of such online services. Some simply don't have or can't handle the technology. Hackers are able to get that data and abuse it. Databases connection to the Internet, agreed noted cryptographer Bruce Schneier, are not secure.