Security certainly is important, and the solutions widely used are all unfit for purpose. Every major OS we use expects the user to blindly trust their applications with all of their authority, with extremely limited options for "sandboxing" applications as an exception, rather than the rule.
Computer security was studied in the 1970s and then solved in the 1980s. None of our computers are secure, regardless of what the "Cybersecurity" industry will tell you, but it doesn't have to be this way.
The secondary effect of this insecurity is that users tend to use "safe" sites, and walled gardens gather most users. This lack of running our own servers and software means we're always second class citizens on the internet. We'll continue to be serfs until this changes.
Because of the above, the tertiary effect is that we just can't have a working Democracy in the age of the insecure internet.
Computer security was studied in the 1970s and then solved in the 1980s. None of our computers are secure, regardless of what the "Cybersecurity" industry will tell you, but it doesn't have to be this way.
The secondary effect of this insecurity is that users tend to use "safe" sites, and walled gardens gather most users. This lack of running our own servers and software means we're always second class citizens on the internet. We'll continue to be serfs until this changes.
Because of the above, the tertiary effect is that we just can't have a working Democracy in the age of the insecure internet.