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Contemporary people live in a world where the line between the virtual and the real is blurring. Finding their way in a reality where the primary resource is information and access to it is becoming a challenge not only for digital natives – people for whom technology is a natural habitat, but also digital immigrants who are permanently learning to exist in cyber reality. The article presents the relationship between technology and human life with a special focus on the risks and challenges of functioning in cyberspace. The concept of digital natives and digital immigrants is also presented, as well as the essence of digital competence and digital exclusion as an element of social exclusion.