The technical and timely details of this question are beyond this author’s ability to address. “Widely used technology” eludes this relic, who still starts with pencil and paper. Nevertheless, the heart of your question, honoring God in the workplace, is as old as Cain and Abel.

God has called us to work together for the good of creation (Gen. 1:26–30, 2:4–7), but He has also cursed our work as a righteous consequence for our sin (Gen. 3:17–19). We live in a world of ruined goodness. In our interconnected, inter-reliant life, we sometimes benefit from other’s sins. We say grace over factory-farmed foods, often raised without respect for animals or regard for the environment, and we livestream worship services on devices made by child labor. Our jobs include intractable challenges like telling the truth in a tsunami of lies or living righteously in a sea of sin. The answers aren’t easy. But, let’s find a way to sanctify the jobs otherwise so thoroughly saturated in sin that they seem unavailable for Christians.

Some jobs are out. No lover of Jesus can choose to be a murderer, a prostitute, a thief, or a liar for a living. Many other jobs seem so sunk in sin that there is no way to serve, but John the Baptist and Paul the apostle teach us otherwise. John tells a “brood of vipers” to “bear fruits in keeping with repentance” (Luke 3:7–8). His directions then target tax collectors and soldiers. These two callings were supposedly off-limits for God’s people. It meant working for the Romans and preying on fellow Jews. But, John does not tell them to quit. He orders them to do their jobs honestly and contentedly.

Paul promotes a similar principle, sharing his “rule in all the churches” (1 Cor. 7:17). He tells the Corinthians that they should “let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him.” In context, this would seem to mean that one should marry or stay unwed depending on God’s call. But, Paul’s subsequent examples, circumcision and slavery, suggest he has a larger vision in view. Whether circumcised or a slave, Paul urges a Christian to “remain in the condition in which he was called” (1 Cor. 7:20). There, they “remain with God” (1 Cor. 7:24). Circumcision and slavery kept ancient believers in strict economic roles. Rarely was either condition advantageous, but Paul’s rule is to remain with God in that calling.

In jobs known for attracting vipers who love to enrich or empower themselves, it is imperative that Christians have evidence of their repentance from that way of life. For tax collectors, this means making sure the dollar amount demanded matches the number the government asked for. For soldiers, this means making the amount of money set by the government and not using martial power to get any more. For internet users, this means respecting the rights and privileges the law has enshrined for creators and authors. Christians in the workplace need to advocate for ways of business that avoid predatory practices. Better still, we need workers initiating greater protections and innovating compliant technologies. Some will have to blow the whistle on immoral practices. We who wait for Christ need hearts that are content to earn what God gives in good and law-abiding ways.

Paul acknowledges the benefit of seeking freedom if the opportunity arises, but he and John teach us to redeem the job we already occupy. Joseph and Daniel are frequent exhibits of faithfulness in a faithless world, but there are no easy answers. Christians “were bought with a price” and should “not become bondservants of men” (1 Cor. 7:23). We should see our work as co-labor with Christ for the redeeming of the world. We do our jobs with Jesus’s Spirit as our supervisor. This means doing the hard work of sorting out the shape of each one’s calling. What authority has God given you? What power has been entrusted to you? What can you do to change how your job is done? Respect the limits, but exercise the privileges of your unique position.

The internet can feel like the Wild West. Sometimes it seems like there are few rules and little civility. Law and order have yet to be fully established there. In any mostly lawless environment, Christians have to adhere closely to Christ, wisely working out their abilities and opportunities to exhibit the fruit of their repentance and the God-centered prerogatives of their calling.