National Radio may well have been overly zealous in setting their white, middle-aged, middle class audience’s hands wringing with this piece but notwithstanding that, online security is indeed something we all need to be concerned about.

My son, who is only seven, plays online games with his friends. I frequently impress upon him the importance of not giving out any personal information when he is online. Rather than being fearful of new technologies, perhaps educating users is a better approach?

It does tend to indicate that there are a bunch of people for whom the Internet just won’t be that relevant and that opportunities still exist for people who can translate it for them.