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Americans are more worried of having their information stolen by hackers than they are about being murdered, sexually assaulted or robbed, <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/178856/hacking-tops-list-crimes-americans-worry.aspx" target="_blank">according to a Gallup poll</a>. This fear has been rapidly spreading across the world since the start of the Internet era. More and more people are beginning to rely on their digital devices, with their personal information and assets stored online. This dependency does not bode well with the recent high-profile data breaches such as those in the Equifax and Cambridge Analytica scandals. It has become clear that centralized systems no longer protect the public moving forward.