In a world where we are very much on modern technology, computers have had a big part in making the world safe, yet, at the same time, one could argue that computers have made the world a less safe place.

When it comes to the world being safer, computers have made us able to track communication through not only cyber criminals but criminals in the real world as well. Acts such as plans to rob a bank, possible child pedophilia, and sex trafficking can all be found using computers. The police can use this to take that person down and keep the world safer.

Computers have made the world unsafe as well, even with the fact that criminals must take more precautions. There is a website called whitepages.com that is a huge database for everyone who lives in the United States of America. It contains people’s phone numbers, addresses, contact information, and other information about someone that people may want to keep private. It is free to use and if one wanted a little bit more info, they would have to pay a small fee. Many people are completely protected, however, no matter how much one does in order to protect themselves, their information is most likely out there somewhere in cyberspace as there are multiple websites such as whitepages. This can be good though as it could be used in case of a real-life crime and it can be used to track people down.

Computers have also made the world unsafer from the fact of using them. The more individuals use computers or cellphones, the more likely that individual is to be victimized by a hacker. So just from the fact that one uses modern technology means they have a better chance of becoming a target. Also, people do not know when they are being tracked, and sometimes the tracking is for the worse.

In conclusion, computers have both helped and somewhat hurt us when it comes to being safe.