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Security
"As passwords first appeared at the MIT AI Lab I decided to follow my belief that there should be no passwords... I don't believe it's desirable to have security on a computer." -- Richard Stallman (from the book Free As In Freedom)
Computer security (also cybersecurity) is the study of designing computer systems so as to make them hard to "attack", whatever the definition of "attack" means (usually accessing "sensitive" information or destabilizing the system itself). Recently security has become a lot concerned with ensuring digital "privacy".
If you want security, the most basic thing to do is to disconnect from the Internet.
Security is in its essence an unnecessary bullshit. It shouldn't exist, the need for more security comes from the fact we live in a shitty dystopia. In a good society there would be no need for security and people could spend their time by solving real problems.