Cyber attacks and privacy breaching are being reported more and more lately. Service providers, banks, government institutions, and online websites are being attacked.
Just today, I got an email from EBay asking me to update my email because they were reporting a recent attack to their databases.
More and more, the issue of privacy has become an problem yet every day society becomes more dependent on the Internet and computers. It's a "catch 22".
The recent government NSA scandal and the reports that foreign cyber attacks come in almost every day demonstrates the level of volatility that exists. And there's even talks that the US will give up control of the World Wide Web to some other country.
Not good.
With the merger of many different online companies, collection of data will become easier.
The Bible teaches that in the last days, the a modern dictator will arise and will operate in a way that combines ALL people so that no one will be able to "buy and sell" unless they are loyal to him.
The signs of these mergers and technologies are everywhere today whether you believe in Bible prophesy or not.
I believe these systems will form out of the supposed need to protect privacy, have security, collect data for organization, and many will sadly welcome this because of the problems that arise within these issues.
Grace and peace to you.
