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Name: bob smith
From: Ohio
Bio: "internet user"; wrote a paper about the internet, how it started
Area of Expertise: Research Scientist/Illuminator
Topic: Privacy
Headline: No privacy and rampant problems
Nutshell: Internet will become infected by viruses and hackers and there will be no secruity or privacy.
Vision:The Internet will become infected by viruses and hackers, and there will be no secruity or privacy.
Anti-virus companies will create more viruses so they can sell their newest protections against them. Hackers will break through "secure" sites until nothing is secure or private.
Everything the internet was created to be will be lost, ruined by mankind – like most everything else we mess with.
Date Submitted: September 14, 2005