The author of the article presented a relatively well-balanced argument among a few key principals about the web use- universality, decentralization, democracy, and among all, openness. It is a informative discussion, and all the points mentioned in article are vital, but it is only practical if we lived in a perfect world, where no one is abusing the fairness and openness of the web, assuming all web users have good faith.
While the web is an open place, it is also a wild place. The author speaks about all the positives, but leaves limited discussion on protection. Cyber security, phishing, worms, firewalls, Trojan horses, hackers, and viruses seem to be in the news every day. No security regimen short of complete hermitage can keep you 100 percent secure. As we step into the advancement of future web era, protect yourself and recognize the risks and become familiar with some of the technologies associated with cyber security are just essential as free flow of information that web can offer, if not more.
It is easy for anyone to identify people who could gain physical access to your computer—family members, roommates, co-workers, cleaning crew, and maybe some others. But identifying the people who could gain remote access to personal information is much more difficult. Without firewalls, web users are incredibly vulnerable to someone or something else accessing or corrupting personal information. Security and openness of the web are like the two sides of a coin, and it depends on how you look at the structure. It is hard to continue the talk of web innovation or sustainable mobile application without addressing security issues. All the things the web can achieve — openness, free flow of information and economic innovation and growth, security measure is not an end to itself ; it is one of the enablers. It is, and should be the base of the pyramid.