Privacy. Very important to some. Except that it doesn't exist. The internet/electronic communication can all be hacked and has been. Who seriously thinks we have privacy anywhere and why?

Unfortunately you;re right.

The Tor browser was hacked by the government, and up to then Tor claimed it could not be done.

If you really want it, you can have it.

Amazing things can be done with amazing resources.  But if you never justify the use of those resources against yourself, your privacy can remain intact.

99 times out of 100, hacks take advantage of social engineering or known vulnerabilities.  If you harden yourself up against those, you can stand up to some of the best digital attacks anyone can unleash.

No where.  If you pass a public toilet and someone has not flushed? You can see Trump in the bowl staring back at you.

That depends on how our lives are lived Rosie.  :)  I have all the privacy I need.

I can be found on the electoral role and in the telephone book if someone knows my name, but I have almost no imprint online except here and a very out of date Linkedin account.  If someone wanted to spend enough time they could deduce where I live to within about half a mile and that's about all they could do.  Online I'm near enough a blank.  No photos to be found.  No social media.  No clubs or organisations or party memberships.  No online banking.  Rare online purchases.  I don't complete surveys or answer questions from nice people with clipboards who might stop me on the street.

Privacy can only be expected if we keep things private and a secret isn't a secret if you tell someone.  There's no need for hackers except where there are defences in place and it should be said that - mostly - the defences work.  It's 'people' that doesn't work.  I've lost count of the people I've tracked down (and who knew someone was looking for them) based mostly on what they said on Facebook or Twitter.  If they hadn't been so desperate to tell their friends about their lives the firm I worked for would likely still be looking for them.

So for all practical purposes I think you can have a degree of privacy that is more than adequate for the majority of people.  But the steps to get there would, I realise, be considered a step too far for many.  :)

You know what C&D? No matter how smart someone thinks he/she is there is always someone smarter who knows more. Always. And sadly the smarter person isn't always up to doing good. Thank you for your reply and Happy Friday! :)

I suppose so but it would require no social security number. No Driver's License. No voting record. No internet activity. No magazine subscriptions. No bank accounts. No investments. No joining any organizations. No going to school. No being in the military. No joining the PTA. No job. I suppose one could survive that way but at what price? Thank you for your reply ITpro and Happy Friday! :)

Do you subscribe to a newspaper? Do you have such things as social security numbers? Ever subscribe to a magazine?  No bank accounts? No  investments? No Driver's License? No degree from any university? No registering your kids in school? It isn't only the internet MrWitch. It's everywhere. I get solicitations for things I have never requested. Where did they get my name and address? Probably some magazine to which I subscribed sold the subscription list. You cannot interact in society without leaving tracks. I know when I had my son I was inundated with sales pitches for baby products from a zillion places none of which I had ever contacted. Did they have access to birth records? I mean the invasion of privacy is pervasive and endless and begins at birth and ends at death...maybe if you're lucky!  If I type in my name up I pop with my home address listed. I'm not kidding. I'm not that computer-savvy but can't your location be tracked through your URL? If you have a cell phone isn't that a good tracking device?Thank you for your reply and Happy Friday!  :)