Can we be too safe online?
Being too safe, it seems like a contradictory concept in today’s civilization. How can one be too safe in these days of economic hardship, impending threats of terrorism, and more nuclear firepower than we know what to do with; we could probably blow up the entire galaxy with our combined stockpiles. It has even permeated to the social aspects of our lives: at one point in the idyllic fifties perhaps young kids were allowed to roam free and play parking lot baseball until dinner time, a period of about fifteen minutes where all kids would be scurrying home to avoid missing curfew. This curfew was only imposed because the rest of the family didn’t want to wait on the rambunctious youth while they succulent food got cold; it did not cross their minds that perhaps a child predator would be sweeping the streets once the streetlights illuminated, looking to abduct their kid. These kids did not have cell phones either, the radio and the television were opulent luxuries that not everyone enjoyed, and featured no communication abilities either. These parents relied on and trusted their kids, and the neighborhood or social establishment to run them home before dark. No one knew anything about cell phones, and certainly if anyone did have such a thing, it would not be in the interest of a child to lug the old “brick” around while engaging in the suburban ball games.
These days every child carries a cell phone, and is on call everywhere they go. For what purpose? Society seems to have tried to obfuscate the matter by making a cell phone something important in the cultural zeitgeist; even the old calling features have become obsolete with the new text messaging capabilities of these micro-computers. These devices have cameras installed, music players, you name it, some cell phone has it. This takes away the fear and anxiety that every parent feels, and instead of making the phone seem like a security tool to the naive child, it is now just a hip fashion accessory.
This is necessary in today’s society though, as child predators and other menaces run rampant. Each day sensationalistic reports come on of another child abducted over MySpace. So are we being too protective? One would argue no, but perhaps we are being a bit too invasive. At what point do we stop: trusting the child is being safe online, or voyeuristic-ally checking their social networking page.
While that answer is a bit ambiguous, you can never be too safe with your own documents. The Internet is where these predators are now, and you need to find a way to hide from them. Enter the change IP proxy; this protective tool will change your IP address, making you untraceable online, and making sure no one is following you. A change IP proxy is easy to run and the ultimate repellent for these vermin crawling the web looking for prey. Rest assured, with your IP address masked, you will never be their victim.
