Just read about this on The Guardian before popping on here. They say that fortunately, HTTPS protocols are their own layer on encryption, so accessing e-mail and bank accounts should still be relatively safe. That said, these days it'd be hard for a family to turn off wi-fi and use networking cables for everything, because phones and tablets are primary devices for a lot of people these days and there's no networking ports on those things.

What a great weekend this was for security.

This has been a great year for security. Not sarcastically speaking. Off the top of my head . . .

- We had the whole fiasco with Yahoo being hacked years ago and their not being straightforward with it.

- Equifax had a massive shit storm of a data leak only to turn around and be embarrassed again by the one-two punch of their own incompetency and the absolute security joke that is adobe flash and third party add networks.

- Deloitte got hit pretty hard, embarrassing their asses and if I remember right, the American government used some of their services so they were potentially affected.

- There's this vulnerability and the whole bluetooth thing which goobster so diligently shared, showing that even on the hardware level we still have to be careful

I honestly know like ten other events and I'm wracking my brain trying to remember them and it's just not working. My point is though, that not only are we seeing that we still have a long way to go with securing our devices and data and privacy, we're also discovering that we have a long way to go with patching the holes in our regulatory systems and the more this happens, the more people will be educated to protect themselves and hopefully the more companies, governments, and other organizations realize they gotta step up their game. Right now, the internet is like bear country and here we all are just starting to discover the true importance and the best ways to bear proof our campsites.