As we move further into the age of technology, there are a few things that are becoming more and more clear; the most significant of those is the renewed need for personal accountability.

Over the last few years, we’ve heard countless stories of large centralized organizations having their systems hacked, which results in a loss of privacy for individuals and consumers. Visa, Macy’s, Target, and even one of the largest credit unions, Expedia, have all had their systems compromised and their customers’ personal and private information made public.

Upon hearing these stories in the news, many people had similar reactions — frustration if they were affected by the hack, anger at the hackers who stole people’s information, and skepticism regarding the security of their personal information.

These are great issues to ponder; however, the underlying problem is that reactions did not spur proaction. The overwhelming majority of people who heard these stories made no real change in their activities; they continued using the same banks, credit cards, and companies. The prevailing thought is, “What other option is there?”

A few months ago, news broke of another data breach. This time, Cambridge Analytica had been mining data from Facebook. There was understandably quite a bit of outrage and frustration stemming from the apparent invasion-of-privacy that Facebook’s lax security allowed. Once again, once the public became aware of the fact that a 3rd party obtained their private data, most people did not deactivate their accounts. They just posted their outrage on social media and moved on to the next topic in their newsfeed.

The dawn of the age of decentralization and crypto is upon us, which will commence the dawn of the Age of Personal Digital Accountability.

Decentralization is an incredibly powerful tool. It will allow us, through cryptocurrency, to disconnect from governmental oversight and control over currency. This newfound freedom from regulations will give the masses the power to act in their own best interests. But with great power, comes great responsibility.

The highest priority for SIRIN LABS is security. Our users will be trusting us to guard the bank, and we take that responsibility very seriously. We have built a significant security precaution directly into our SIRIN OS™ kernel in order to ensure that the embedded cold storage wallet and the private key remain secure. These precautions also include a behavioral Intrusion Prevention System, which can detect and prevent zero-day attacks.

We can prevent an application from being hacked in order to gain access to a different part of the phone, but all of the security in the world cannot protect a user who willingly chooses to allow a flashlight app access to their contacts, or a game access to their microphone. Users will need to take accountability for using their devices responsibly. To start, we need to begin reviewing which permissions we’re giving to which applications, regardless of who built them, and we need to stop using our phones to visit sites that might inject malware onto our devices.

The crypto revolution is real, and it’s here to stay, but in order to establish it within main-stream utility, we need to change the way we’re currently using our devices in order to protect our own data. The SIRIN OS™ and the FINNEY™ will protect your currency by sealing and guarding your personal bank, but it will be up to each and every one of us to protect the keys to our banks, to ensure our currencies and data remain secure. Together, we can accomplish anything.

Go Crypto!