Now you have to deal with static IP addresses and computers that are permanently attached to the Internet. Many people do not understand that this can be a problem, and so they ignore the ramifications of such a setup. A simple analogy is leaving your front door open all the time, whether you are home or not. Sooner or later, someone is going to come in to check things out. Not only do we need to make people aware of the current problems with Internet security, we also need to provide ways for them to reduce their security vulnerabilities.
Today there are many sources for security products on the market.
However, we need to create security solutions. I bring this up to you because we have the most technically savvy readers in the world. I'd like to send out a challenge for all of us to make the Internet more secure. This might be something as simple as telling your neighbor they need to get some inexpensive software to provide their home PC with a firewall that will keep intruders from hacking into their hard drive or tracking everything they do. Or you may come up with a way for users to more easily track all of the sites they access.