Propaganda attacks. The fictionalisation of experience in societies of intensified communication has made the "hard fact" a powerful propaganda instrument.

Symbol attacks. Modern ICTs allow the extensive and systematic manipulation of the symbols around which the values of a society are structured.

Databody attacks. The files connected to an individual - his/her databody - can be controlled manipulated or deleted by actors other than the individual.

Surveillance attacks. Constant surveillance is a effective tool for generating compliance.

Architectural attacks. Public surveillance and crowd control function best in purpose-built environments. Airports, underground stations, shopping malls and housing estates have been built with this in mind.

Nonlethal attacks. As the distinction between military and civilian becomes blurred, the blood-dripping bayonets of past wars are replaced by smart, civilised devices, so-called non-lethal weapons.

Prisons without walls. In a disturbing contrast to the frenetic mobility and rapid information exchanges of the technisised societies, the conflict potential of ICTs may result in an implosion of political freedom. The saturated modern citizen could become a nomadic prisoner.

Unless political accountability in digital space is articulated and enforced, such a worse case scenarios may happen. Possibly without being noticed.