Computers And The Internet 's Effect On Society

There is no doubt that this is the age of technology that started the day where the computer discovered. This technology grows rapidly and has reached each aspect of human’s life with different forms and images, negatively or positively., it became one of the largest scientific achievement of the 20th century. This technology is the computer. But does this mean the life would have stopped if the computer had not been discovered? In other words, how life changed because of this discovery that started in 1946 when the Eniak computer {1} was the first general purpose electronic computer. I am often tempted to recall the form of the past before the tremendous technological revolution that has taken place in the world, especially in the means of communication, exploration of space and sea, and I wonder if our lives have really become better than before, is it thanks to modern technology that we live a quieter, calmer and peaceful from within us?

Technology is used in this world by many people. They use it to perform research, communicate, teach, perform medical procedures, commit a crime, and so forth. Since it can be used for various reasons, it can be also be used against a person in a court of law as evidence in a case. As technology advances and more people use technology for their own purposes, cybercrime also increases in society.

The early computer development began in the late 60’s, at that time their common use was for complex mathematical calculations, and were mostly used by government corporations. As time went on computers became widely popular, and they were being used at a personal level. The Apple Lisa Computer was the first successful personal computer with a GUI interface which was introduced in 1983. Nowadays computers have become extremely popular, and they are being used almost everywhere. We are becoming overwhelmingly dependent on computer technology which is causing a negative impact on the human society because of the following reasons, lack of social confidence, privacy threat and health problems.

Throughout the years, technology has been a prodigious resource that paved the way for significant discoveries. As a result of these inventions, the present day era has become remarkably developed and advanced. The reason for the development is mainly attributed to the Internet. The Internet is the largest and the most ingenious source of information in the world to date. Since it’s invention over forty years ago, it has progressed at an astonishing rate. The Internet has changed people’s lives in numerous ways.

The cyber-attack happened to the systems of federal agencies is a kind of hacking, where the personal information of over a quarter million people was hacked by hackers from China. Theft is another kind of widespread cybercrime where digital media files are illegally downloaded and share over network, it becomes a cyber-crime in the sense; the copy rights laws are violated in doing so. In addition, malicious software can be installed in victim’s computer, destroy the contents of the system and to hamper the performance of the system. Let us now take a look on the severity and extensiveness of cyber- crimes.

The epidemic growth of information technology has integrated the world into a global economy where exchange of information is very easy, and with this ease of access to information opens up new opportunities for cyber- criminal activities. According to Nir Kshetri cybercrimes is defined “as criminal activities that uses computers or computer networks as the main means of committing a crime over the internet. Examples include cyber-theft, cyber-trespass, cyber obscenity, critical infrastructure attacks and cyber-extortions”(Kshetri, 2009).

Today is the era of technology and globalisation, as it connects the whole world together but also opens new ways to crime. Cyber crime is the result of negative use of technology. Cyber crime refers to a crime which is committed through internet or computer. Cyber crime is of differenr types like stealing of money or information, piracy, electronic vendalism that is destroying or changing the electronic information. Cyber terrorism which threatens not only one single nation but the whole world. Cyber crime can be grouped into three main categories which are crime against a person which includes provocation through e-mail. Second one is against the property, this type of crime includes provocation and third one is across the government which involves hacking into government sites. Cyber crime is emerging as a huge threat for the people and rate of crime is increasing drastically. Government should implement laws in order to protect national security, economic prosperity and society.

In today’s world, the internet is the leading source of information and the leading way of communication. Every year, technology improves, and so does society’s dependence on it. The use of the internet has made a huge impact in the society causing controversy. Social media can help people to communicate and to be in touch with their families and friends, but it can also disconnect people from reality. This can be seen in today 's new generations, since children and adolescents tend to be more involved in their virtual life than in their actual life. The internet can be dangerous for unsupervised middle school students; for example, since they expose their information, and they have access to everything on the internet. Parents of middle school students should monitor their children’s use of smartphones, social media, and the internet.

The Internet is a debatably the most important invention that mankind has ever accomplished. Having access to everyone at any given time is something of a dream back in the past and now that it is here there is no stopping the effects it has on society. Social media, GPS, email the list goes on and on what the Internet can do, it would be a shorter list to just tell what the Internet cannot do. Having this being said businesses have felt the effects of the ever growing technology of the World Wide Web in both positive and negative ways. Some embrace the fact that they can reach their target audience with a few clicks of the mouse while others see the business that they have been running for many years crumble due to the fact that they are

With broad information outputs, the internet has widely shaped the world we live in today. From being a source that can aid one with education such as homework or a tool to be tutored online, to helping one do last minute online holiday shopping if one procrastinated and is now in a rush to find gifts for one’s family. Therefore, the question ponders when does one draw the line on the magnificently powerful tool we call “the internet” as it stops aiding one and starts becoming harmful to one mentally and physically. This can be illustrated through theoretical scenarios such as one can begin to commit self-harm to oneself trying to achieve what is seen online. From advertisements all the way to friends, one may have on their accounts on

Over the years the internet has been more and more easier to access. The internet has grown exponentially and people all over the world are taking advantage of it day by day. The ones that are getting the most benefit out of it are students. Doing assignment has never been easier, for example, Google can help out finding research information that was hard to find in school textbooks. The internet not only gives the student updated information on the certain topic, but it also as well saves them a lot of time. However, even if the internet is there as an amazing tool to help out people, it can come with some problems.

In the 21st century, many things that were not thought about in previous generations take up large portions of our time. Point in case, the Internet is an aspect of the 21st century that had no place in previous generations, yet occupies a percentage of time nowadays. The Internet has many positive features, yet numerous, less known harmful effects on society, affecting different age groups and parts of the population in different ways.

Throughout the past twenty years, technology in the online world and it’s availability to the public has increased significantly. The first computer was remarkably large and took up an entire room, but now, everyday people are constantly found enjoying their hand-held, portable computers- smartphones. In the United States, the average amount of time one spends on their smartphone in a day is shockingly almost eight hours. In Mexico, it is almost three hours, and worldwide the average person checks their phone more than 150 times a day or every 6.5 minutes. According to New York New’s 2013 statistics, everyday more mobile phones are activated than the number of babies born. Although online technology has helped to inform and educate people across the globe, it has also presented itself to be detrimental and unsafe for people in all countries in ways that were never anticipated. With the number of iPhone and Android users on the rise, more effects and options are being added to social media sites that give out more of your information with the purpose of furthering the connection between members and their followers, for example, the ability to add your location onto pictures when they are posted, so viewers can see where you are taking that picture from. Instagram, a social media site for users to upload, edit and share photos with other users, has the latter option (along with countless other sites: Kik, Facebook, Snapchat, etc), so any member, with the tap of a picture,

Cybercrimes are a type of fraud, which requires knowledge and great skill for the accomplishment of the task. Some of the situations considered as a cybercrime involves the basis of information technology, illegal approach, unlawful use of technology, alteration of data and information, fraud with the help of technological devices, stealing credit cards and money during the online transaction, possessing the data and material of others through the internet in an unauthorized way, laundering money through internet, and the use of internet to coordinates with terrorist attacks, etc. (Taylor, Caeti, Loper, Fritsch & Liederbach, 2006).

Cyber crimes refer to crimes committed against computers, computer networks of the information stored in computers (Bronk, 2008). In the past, the main problem that law enforcement officers have faced with regard to cyber crimes has had to do with the jurisdiction. With the prominence of the internet as a means communication and computers are a means of accessing information, cyber crimes have become prevalent. However, given the realisation that cyber crimes can be committed by any one, at anytime and anywhere in the world, issues of jurisdictions have been the major problem facing the criminal justices. Besides, the justice system has been confronted with traditional crimes that are carried out through the cyber systems. Today, crimes such as stalking are mostly carried out through cyber systems such as the internet. Given the complex nature of cyber crimes, most justice departments have realized that the best way t o handle cyber crimes through the use of non-tradition justice strategies.