In 2005, hackers are still up to a fair amount of high jinks. Such headlines as "Auditors Find IRS Workers Prone to Hackers," from Forbes.com as well as "Have Hackers Recruited Your PC?" from BBC News World Edition seem to indicate that a fair amount of mischief will always characterize the activity. Many hackers insist that their exploits actually help to make the Internet more secure. They expose bugs and flaws in companies, networks, and databases, forcing new security measures. Hackers will always be able to find ways into and around supposedly secure networks as Taylor relates that, "Marketing puts pressure upon technical staff to produce improved systems. These systems may work, but the hurried nature of their construction means that adequate security features are often lacking" (84). This is a cycle that is not likely to end soon, unless companies are actually willing to spend the money to improve systems and security measures, and people are willing to pay more to have this done. There is also a profit to be made from anti-virus software, spam blockers, pop-up blockers, and firewalls. An entire industry has arisen to help "secure" people's computers, and actually improving security would put this industry out of business. Hackers will always be able to find ways to get around these measures.

Thomas suggests that "Technology is exploitable primarily because of cultural attitudes toward it" (48). He goes on to say that, "People's relationship with technology is predicated on two assumptions: that technology is essentially hostile and that management of technology is a matter of expertise, control, and knowledge" (49). As long as people maintain an arms-length relationship with technology, and obstinately refuse to really understand their computers and how they work, hackers will continue to be able to break into their systems and exploit their ingnorance.