echnology is all around us,from you reading this blog you are already using two.But no doubt you have the TV talking to itself and your mobile phone by the side,Thats already 3 things not to mention the basic living arrangements in which technology plays a huge part.But where would we be without it? Living in a dark room bored out of our brains.There is no doubt,we are dependent and whoever denies it they are lying.From checking your emails in the morning to listening to the radio on the way in uni,technology has created the person we are today.
But where does privacy come into such a great invention,shopping is stereotypically a girls best friend.But shopping in the comfort of your own home has become a world wide success.With the accessibility of products being at a click of a finger is a bonus,without even stepping out of your front door.But where there are such great inventions,there must be falls.
Fraud and Identity theft is at an all time high with the increasing amount of personal data being on put on the internet on a daily basis.But are these Paypals really all that they are cracked out to be or are we still putting ourselves in any real anger?
Cookies are the main corporate of lack of privacy on your computer,many people are unaware of them building up until your banging your keyboard to make the computer go that little bit quicker.But they are easy and quick to remove just by deleting them you are removing all of your information and personal details that you are putting on your computer on a daily bases,but what exactly do they do?
Cookies track the websites and pages which you have been on everyday,from browsing Facebook on a cold winter evening to book your 2011 summer holiday abroad.Cookies are that little stalker you love to hate lodged into your computers mechanism.But on the Apple mac this is where it gets even more simpler. In previous blogs i have talked about the way in which Apple have adapted their desktop to icons which can be represented in the real world.For example,The bin where all unwanted files and documents are disposed of.
Most people have adapted themselves to technology in day to day events,such as checking emails the weather and traffic updates.But whats the next step,Online banking!
its great,no more waiting in line to talk to a grumpy cashier and being embarrassed with your horrific student loan balance...the simple,quick and affective solution is online banking.With the ability to swap around your money on the comfort of your own home.But how does it really work and is it safe?
Barclays is a great example of online banking,the bank sends you a keypad whereby you enter your pin and every time you use it a new 8 figured code appears to allow access to your account online....As simple as that.But should people really put their hard earned money in the hands of a computer chip or should we continue spending our days in hot sweaty banks.
But with the invention of the Iphone, the use of surveillance is a positive. With the ability to have an application which will track where you are so you never loose a car to be able to have the map of the world for your random adventures to a new destination.There is no doubt that surveillance is sometimes a pain but on the other hand,can be very helpful in unpleasant situations.
So,from looking at the way in which technology has adapted our humanly nature to only be confident using paper and pen technology has beaten us again with the fascinating capability of change our humanly instinct to keep our personal details to ourselves and that bank tender rather than putting important information on the corrupted source,we call the internet.
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