nostr:npub1atk3ne5w6l5jkt657lwg87hf9xs86gunetwdfg38hpq9xapd3jqsvm63ww This is a phenomenally naive perspective. The 2000s and sadly also deep into 2010s were an absolute nightmare for user privacy and safety. Users were at risk from top to bottom. Real things we had to deal with:

* Any unsophisticated script kiddie could walk into a cafe's wifi hotspot and trivially hijack user sessions for e.g. webmail or facebook. 
* ISPs were actively injecting hostile scripts and advertising.
* Certain nations were conducting mass surveillance programs.