The security of private information on internet As is vividly depicted in the cartoon, the security of private information on the Internet is relatively unreliable and threatened by many illegals. Some illegal organizations or persons like hackers are ,more often than not, interested in the personal information. Hence, people as netizens are of tremendously deficiency of security. What reasons caused it? There are at least three fundamental factors mentioned as follows. First and foremost, with the rapid development of Internet, people gradually depend on the Internet today to do something, such as online work, online TV and so forth, which has become rampant and prevailing. Many a website generally demand of private information when you sign up for it. What's more, there is a sound system related to the Internet to make sure security of information. Last but not least, that is, some high tech talents are so immoral to steal private information from the web database do illegal things. In one word, the above mentioned factors lead to a series of issues. Consequently, there are some countermeasures taken to address them. For example, related laws and regulations are passed to punish those who violate and threaten the web security. In addition, some education campaigns are launched to improve the awareness of web security and meanwhile enhance moral cultivation and the legal basis. I am confident that a better world,mainly the Internet world, will be to come