Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts

Friday, 23 January 2009

The Internet Today

The internet has managed to change the way that society works
significantly over the last 20 years or so.
However it is only successful when all risks are being prevented. The internet has now become a major convenience in our lives, you can online shop for everything, do your banking, pay bill, work from home, interact in many forms... you can live your live through the internet but there are precautions that need to be taken. There are millions of viruses, fraud is a major concern when typing in credit card details etc. Although convenient, like most things the internet isn't safe. People are also exposed to 'bad' websites because people can literally post everything and anything on the internet, and also people can pretend to be who they aren't. Especially when it comes to children, there should always be locks on certain websites to protect them from the bad parts of the internet. The convenience part of the internet can sometimes stop people from being aware of the bad areas, and this is when, in my opinion the internet can stop being such a great revolution in society.

Reading back it sounds like i'm really negative about the internet, which i'm not at all because I depend on it so much, there are just a lot of harmful risks within this "new media."