The big problem about technology misuses can be summarized in two
words: culture and education. Some people aren't sufficiently cultured
to use technology properly as a tool because they use it as an easy way
solution or as a fashionable trends. Also, these people do not have
education to use it correctly.
Because of hundreds of services that technology offers, there are
many techniques to harm persons and waste time. People use their time to
harm others even though they know that it is not good. For example,
people manufactures use it as weapons to destroy others instead of
improving themselves.
People are actually concerned about misuse and abuse of technology.
Society states that internet uses lead to intimidation or threat to
people as well as allowing easy piracy by providing the infrastructure
to illegal music or software downloads and plagiarism. Educational
institutions are worried about students' development in their classes
due to misuses of technology. For instance, learners are using
cellphones, playing games, and surfing on some pornographic web sites
and other non suitable sites during class. Some students even start
using cellphones at the age of ten. This isn't a bad thing because many
parents are both working and have to leave their children with a
babysitter, so they need a way to communicate with their children.
Nowadays, children not only want to have cellphones, but also prefer to
have the latest version of it. If children do not have it, they might
feel ashamed with their friends and prefer to leave their old-fashioned
cellphone at home. Moreover, many late model cellphones have built-in
camera and some people use it to record pictures or videos that may
damage others reputation. Because of these, some people say and think
that the technology is responsible and it is not good for society.
However, people have to understand that this is happening because of
technology misuse. As a tool, technology do not do anything to threaten
the society, it is the misuse of it that threatens society. It is humans
that uses a technology that threatens society, the fault is at the user
of the technology, not the technology itself.
Digital counterfeiting is a great example of the misuse if
technology. Digital counterfeiting is the illegal act of creating copies
of items such as currency, legal documents, and credit cards with the
use of computers, printers, and scanners. With the high resolution and
extremely good color quality of the printers offered today, individuals
have increased the opportunity that’s higher than ever to create digital
counterfeiting. The US Secret Service estimates that more than 60% of
all counterfeited money today is created digitally. With the advancement
in technology of printers, scanners, and computers, the increase of
digital counterfeiting is at an all time high.
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