Were we playing with fire? Yes, yes we were, but also back then we had the anonymous internet and the internet wasnt infesting every aspect of our lives. That internet is gone, that's why we miss it. Now we are expected to surre der our data & be always online to be sold to. That's what changed.
this isn't very popular to say, but for me personally, it was good that i had unrestricted internet access when i was a minor. i was aware of what i was doing and enjoyed it. i don't look back on it and go "well that was a mistake", i look back on it and wish i could do it for the first time again