It's kind of ironic, I think, that we find ourselves in a world looking different as a practical matter, than people thought it would be given the technology. Here we thought everything would be "forever" once digitized...and instead, it's the opposite. Once digitized, information can disappear entirely, be easily edited, stolen, etc.
All this convenience technology doesn't amount to much more than exactly that.
Take passwords, for example. We have a zillion of them for all manner of things now. NOBODY can keep track of them all, so we all cheat and use the same passwords. Ironically, the safest way to protect yourself for the most important stuff...is to write it on a Word doc, print it out, and then close the Word doc without saving.
Then stick the paper into a book on your shelf.
Because the odds of someone breaking into your online account, or hacking into your hard drive and viewing your "passwords" file, are way, WAAAAAY greater than someone breaking into your house and finding that paper tucked away in a book.
Also, as I said earlier in this thread, I keep all my gun pics/reference material backed up on an external hard drive ($50 on Amazon) that IS NOT connected to the internet, and therefore won't get corrupted/infected/hacked. Just rotate into a new one every couple of years.
Offline and/or analog things might be slower or less convenient...but they're more secure.
NDG
