Think again. The latest Sony PlayStation Network case where 77 million players were stolen account information shows the same (or even bigger?) vulnerability and risk in virtual as in real world. The boundaries have long been gone, nice proof is this theft of credit card numbers and other personal data but people're still not aware enough of all the dangers that prey on them when loging to a website/network. In my opinion here are many things to be examined:
a) Is the safety of social networks adequate?
b) Are members of social networks aware of the dangers and risks?
c) Can they together make social networks a safer place?
It is very hard to say that Sony's guilty for this negative situation but maybe the security wasn't good enough - but on the other side we have people who should be aware that identity theft happen in "cyber" world.
In the title I asked a rhetorical question which could be answered: no, because people act and do same things in reality as in virtual world. So Internet is just a new communication tool and not a world/reality of its own. I just wanted to open up a bigger/broader question that arises in Sony's case.
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