First off, that is one bitchin' anime girl.
Well, you pretty much hit the nail on the head: the modern computing world is a jungle. The masses are a softened, easy target made doubly exploitable by federal governments and lawbreakers alike.
Whenever I visit any sort of medical clinic or office building which requires Microjew Wangblows for its bioinformatics or accounting software, I kinda die a little inside. This only bolsters the belief that big government will always look for ways to invade the private lives of its citizens, and in the US, practically violating the 4th Amendment altogether.
That's perfectly right, everyone is vulnerable. The Russians and the Chinese vigilantes feared by Ted Koppel are just as vulnerable as you and I, and we can't put an absolute end to it as a people. No matter our democratic rights.
After all, we're just highly evolved primates destroying our own planet.