Entry #5 – 11/20/2022

I think there are many different aspects that come into play when considering if your computer is safe. One way to tell if it is safe is what kind of protection that you have on it. Different kinds of protection could include having firewalls up, installing antivirus software to protect from many kinds of viruses, and simply just keeping your software up to date so that there is no holes that attackers could get in to. Another way to tell if your computer is safe is what you actually do on your computer. If you are clicking on a bunch of different email attachments or websites, then you run more of a risk of clicking on something malicious. Even if you have specific setting on Facebook enabled, they are able to collect your data and potentially sell it to third party companies.

There has been many different pros and cons to computers, especially how they have made the word safer and also less safe. One way that computers have made the world safer is security systems. They help protect our homes from physical intruders. Another way computers have made the world safer is through the healthcare field. Many different operations have been changed to where they can use robotics and make tiny incisions in the patient to where they don’t have to go through a major recovery, making it safer for them. There are also many different ways that computers have made the world less safe. One way is that everyone’s information is out in the cyberworld where anyone can find it, even people who are wanting to do malicious things. Another way is that with all of the cyber attacks, they can harm businesses and organizations, whether it is their reputation or causing data breaches where thousands of peoples confidential information can get out.