I am not a security expert, but I am still able to understand the low level of how software works. Yet I have been always mesmerized how hard it is to understa

I am not a security expert, but I am still able to understand the low level of how software works. Yet I have been always mesmerized how hard it is to understand security stuff. Maybe it is because I don't find it interesting, as I am more interested in creative stuff like gaming. Honestly it has been maybe 10 since I've abandoned the idea of caring about security. I just do what is minimal: passwords, avoid sketchy websites, not keeping sensitive files, using trustworthy software, etc. Security is just too hard now. Maybe manufacturers like intel are to blame, and obviously there MUST be some political will to make sure that most electronics are insecure to give an advantage to intelligence agencies. Because ultimately when I first heard about the sony rootkit, and lately about the HD firmware worm, I was really feeling powerless and outdated. I really think that even for a guy like me, who can write software, to not be able to protect myself efficiently against those attacks, and to tell non-programmers that "no I cannot hack people's computers", is starting to make me feel like an idiot. As years go by it seems that electronics seem more and more vulnerable, and I still feel completely unable to defend myself against it. Even politically I'm sure that designing a completely secure computer would be a taboo subject because people would argue that it could help the bad guys, and I'm sure that politically, one could not design such a device with success. The whole "I don't care since I have nothing to hide" is really a fair excuse to show that I'm not capable of defending myself, and I will let others go at their cyber wars without me caring at all. For now the security of individuals seems to be lost, and I fear that one day it won't only be state actors that use security for policing, it will be petty criminals. If cyber chaos ensues nobody will use computers anymore, and they might even become banned from possession.