You want the Truth? Can you handle it?

It's this: there is NO security and there never was.

Getting a program to break passwords is simple -- a "brute force" attack just takes time; "social engineering" is faster and easier. Your cell phone conversations go over what amount to radio links and have hence always been "public." Long-range listening devices have been around since at least the 1880s. Land-line telephones have always been able to be tapped. If your house has a wireless network, simply turn on the security and set a good password (at least 8 characters, using upper and lower case, non-alphabetic signs, and numbers). To prevent an eavesdropping laser system from listening in, install double or triple pane windows (your energy use will also go down). And so on.

But live with it -- there is NO security, NO privacy if someone really, really wants to get at you. Just remember, they can't be watching or listening all the time.

So get on with your life and don't worry about "them."