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===Security===
 
===Security===
 
It also has become a common facilitator of crime.  By the end of 2016, cybercrime rose thew the second most reported financial crime.<ref>PWC Global Economic Crime Survey 2016</ref> Almost 40% of all known data breaches in 2016 involved the theft of financial information. Additionally, about 1 in 131 emails sent in 2016 were cyber attacks, about a 3% increase from the year before. Businesses are being especially targeted as well, with over half of 2016's  inbound messages being spam, and just over 1% containing malware.<ref name="SISTR">Symantec Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) volume 22 - 2017</ref> With these ever-increasing threats, some question whether the current internet system is designed well enough to be safe, or should be changed to offer better security.  Such a change would go against the founding idea of uncontrolled information exchange, however.
 
It also has become a common facilitator of crime.  By the end of 2016, cybercrime rose thew the second most reported financial crime.<ref>PWC Global Economic Crime Survey 2016</ref> Almost 40% of all known data breaches in 2016 involved the theft of financial information. Additionally, about 1 in 131 emails sent in 2016 were cyber attacks, about a 3% increase from the year before. Businesses are being especially targeted as well, with over half of 2016's  inbound messages being spam, and just over 1% containing malware.<ref name="SISTR">Symantec Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) volume 22 - 2017</ref> With these ever-increasing threats, some question whether the current internet system is designed well enough to be safe, or should be changed to offer better security.  Such a change would go against the founding idea of uncontrolled information exchange, however.
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=== Potential negative changes in personality ===
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*[https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1953811277463122162 Is the internet changing our personalities for the worst?]
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== Christian internet evangelism ==
 
== Christian internet evangelism ==
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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49299033,00.htm The 50 most significant moments of Internet history], ''Crave at CNET.co.uk'', September 25, 2008  
 
*[http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49299033,00.htm The 50 most significant moments of Internet history], ''Crave at CNET.co.uk'', September 25, 2008  
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*[https://metro.co.uk/2014/01/21/so-you-think-the-internet-is-just-a-law-unto-itself-4270979/ So you think the internet is just a law unto itself?], Etan Smallman, [[UK]] [[Metro]], January 21, 2014.
    
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