It's good to always protect yourself, yes. I protected myself before going onto YouTube, too...but that's beside the point.
You realize you're a permeable membrane, right? There are very sophisticated things being perpetrated that many do not see...but if you disconnect long enough you will get it.
Well I should disconnect from the entire internet then. The entire internet is a black mirror in the computer screen- it's the shadow side of this world - it's not happening in the here and now - it is virtual and therefore does not exist and yet I throw hours and hours into it... no?
Well, you'll know the answer to that question best.
As for the internet, sure, there's everything here. Just saying that some places are doing things to us which many people are desensitized to.
People I know who've been off a little while, kind of like giving up certain allergens for a period of time, come to a retrospective ah-ha that is worth having.