Impacts of IT and how we use IT in our daily lives

  Negative Impacts of IT   Starting off with the first negative impact of IT is hacking. Hacking, by definition is gaining unauthorised access to someone’s computer system with malicious intent /  to commit illegal activities such as stealing their personal info or using their hacked computer to commit crimes. People may hack someone in order to gain  access to their computer for several reasons, some of these may include to; steal their personal information, commit crimes using their computer system or for financial gain .    An example of hacking can be one of the biggest hacks in history the Yahoo Data Breaches (2013-2014). This data breach was one of the biggest in the history of humanity but for one main reason, it was the giant corporation of emails and over three billion accounts were hacked along with full names, email addresses and phone numbers. This breach of security was done by the ‘manipulation’ of ‘cookies ’ ,which is the data any we...

Impacts IT has had on Communities and Society   IT has had various different types of impacts on communities and society, both positive and negative, even still, IT has had a real significant impact on us and our everyday life. One of these impacts being on employment, employment within the industry has changed massively since the continuous development of IT. There has been an increase in employment within the IT industry as it progressively develops but also has had a negative impact on other jobs that machines and technology took over to automate and produce faster than humans can in factories. IT has also allowed us to connect with others globally and allowed us to keep in contact with our loved ones that may be living on the other side of the world or friends that left for work, education or even travel. Although technology can be a good thing, sometimes it can be in the wrong hands and can be used maliciously to cause harm, fraud, cyber attacks ect. With this in mind we...

  Impacts of IT and the Law     Why are laws needed in IT?   Laws are needed within IT in order to protect people’s data, to protect them physically and mentally and to protect their work or creations. This is important as years go by more and more people or organisations switch to online for convenience, this is because it is easier to store peoples data online or to contact people online etc.      Computer Misuse Act 1990   Principles:    Unauthorized Access to Computer Material   Committing or Facilitating Further Offenses   Intent to Impair the Operation of a Computer   Unauthorized Acts Causing Serious Damage   Making, Supplying or Obtaining Articles for Use in Other Offenses   Reference : Computer Misuse Act Offenses     The Computer Misuse Act 1990 is UK legislation that makes it punishable by the law to access or modify computer systems without authorisation. Adding on to that, the Computer Mi...