Computers have made the lives of millions of people safer sometimes without people even realizing it. A lot of safety features installed in vehicles these days are performed by computers. Task such as auto braking, being able to detect when to hit the brakes before your brain can process needing to hit the brakes to help avoid accidents or even backing up into a child you may not have seen. Computers and networks provide us with the capabilities to be able to monitor our homes from anywhere in the world with cameras and to be able to back up that data on a server or cloud. Fire detection systems in a business or home that can alert the proper authorities, health monitors on our phones or watches, which have diagnosed people with health issues they did not even know they had. Computers help perform life saving surgeries and has been beneficial in the health industry.

While computers have saved or helped countless lives across the world there is always the potential for harm and people that have bad intentions. Computers are vulnerable to hacking. They make Bluetooth canons that can be used to search up to 300 feet away for signals and people can hack into a person diabetic monitoring system and cause it to release all its insulin in the matter of minutes killing the person. They can use computers to monitor your social media accounts so they can follow you or even plan a robbery knowing when you will be away. They have hacked prison systems to release prisoners causing prison riots. Your identity can be stolen causing financial hardships and can even ruin a person credit.