After watching the November 24th 60 Minutes, I still wonder why any group or anyone is stupid enough to put any confidential information on any digital platform. They are absolutely right in that Russia’s hack is no different than the robbery of the paper files of the DNC in the Watergate event.

Why people put their personal files in their computer, on servers, and in the “cloud” is beyond comprehension. There is no place for people to safely put their info in the digital world. If the military and the State Department files can be gotten to then any files kept by the reader can be gotten by some twelve year-old in his bedroom. Every time you use your credit card, loyalty card, or go to a medical facility you can be sure your info is available to a hacker and then sold for a few dollars to anyone.

When I was in high school the price for a name and address was a dime. Now it is about the same but in a bulk of millions of names and their entire digital history. Today it is almost impossible to be completely off the grid if you use anything but cash to buy something. But to use social media to put your life out for everyone to see is asking for trouble.