Nearly every company around the world collects our personal data. This allows for better advertisements, economy and knowledge of our world. However when companies get hacked or their data gets breached a lot of this personal information gets out into the public. This information can include bank details, hospital records and family information. There are many threats with this such as selling of information and risks to personal identity. If companies collect and store personal data they have much power over your life. Over the years there have been many accusations of companies storing and selling personal information of their users or customers. For example, Facebook in April 2019 was exposed for leaking two of their major data sets to the public internet. This caused many issues with many users and affected their personal lives in major ways. This is a huge threat to everyone's data that they use online and is a reason to be extra cautious online. While most personal information is stored for advertisement purposes some information is sold and stored to steal identity. When someone has your identity they can sign up for whatever they want, take money out of your bank accounts and other things similar to this. This can pose a major threat to one's life. This is the reason why we have to be careful what we do online and make sure we stay safe.
One of the most popular abuses of Ai thinking is the use of Deepfakes. A deepfake is the use of AI to create visual content or manipulate audio to whatever the user wants. This can be very dangerous because of disinformation and the effect it can have on someone and their life. These fakes are normally specifically used to make some look like they said something that they did not. This can spread very rapidly because of the social media built world we have today and these fakes are very dangerous to our society. Another way computing resources can be misused is by Ai-supported password guessing. This is either a program or a hardware that can be easily attached to a computer or phone which runs through all of the possible passwords as fast as it can, gaining access to the software immediately. This is very commonly used by cybercriminals who are trying to steal your identity or personal information. These types of AI can cause immense damage to someone's life and future. However despite this, there are many ways to prevent these attacks on your computer. One of these ways is the use of antiviruses. These are created to scan, detect and delete viruses and possible bugs as soon as possible. Once they are installed they run automatically by themselves in the background to allow for instant feedback when a virus is detected. With our current technology, this is our best way to prevent problems with computers.
There are many ways to get unauthorized access to a software but one of them is exploiting bugs. Bugs in software are a mistake made that normally isn't harmful but can be annoying. In some cases these bugs can make a software very vulnerable. This can give access to applications, networks, operating systems and hardware. These bugs can make for major issues in programs allowing access to personal information.
Unauthorized access to a program is also obtained through guessing weak passwords. This can be easily done by hackers who obtain one password that is also the password for other accounts or information. This can be very dangerous to personal information. It is very common for hackers to have full access to your computer once they get one password because of weak and repeating passwords. This is one of the most common ways for hackers to gain access to whatever they want.
Other ways that hackers can obtain access to computer software is by Ddosing, Wifi hacking and external remote services. These attacks are very serious and should not be taken lightly. Much of a person's personal information and life can be exposed by these attacks.
Computing innovation can be beneficial in many ways, one being boosting productivity in businesses. This can be anything from 5G internet to Quantum computing. Both of these increase productivity and output of a business or group. This can be very beneficial to companies who are looking to work better together. These can also connect people better. Despite this computing innovation can be harmful to people. One way it is hurting people's lives is addiction issues. Due to many new apps like Tik Tok or Instagram there is constant access to millions of videos and stimulation. This has caused many teens and young adults to get addicted to this constant stimulation causing lessening attention spans. This is going to have long term effects on the future generations of humans. For a long time the internet and computing was used for separate reasons besides public use. For example, the World Wide Web was first created to share information throughout the scientific community. It then evolved to become a public domain of information. Therefore, the internet and computing has always been used for different reasons than its intended purpose, so I doubt that in the future we will be able to predict the outcome and effects of computing.
