I think a lot of this stuff actually came out around the time of the 1990s what with the advent of the internet. It's always been a huge conspiracy theory that the internet would be the first step in the apocalypse.

Given the signs that we see in the world (politics and natural disasters and all that), I think it might be safe to say that if we aren't in the end times yet, we're definitely heading steadily towards it.

Do a Google search on devil theories. You'd be very surprised at how many simply fascinating stories there are...