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U9: Impact of Computing - Coggle Diagram

- - - - These jobs are done in poorer countries because the workers there will do it for very little money
- - - - Some technologies are not fully understood so could be harmful to people. For example, could blue light be harmful?
  - - - 2020 saw the highest amount of phishing attacks
      - Malicious hackers attack devices & networks once every 39 seconds
  - - - Saves employee money
        
        COVID/ remote working. Employees spending less of their own money is more ethical for the company they work for as they can spend it on what they need
      - Saves organisations money as tasks can be run through servers/ virtual machines
        
        If a server/cluster of servers goes down then so does a lot of people's work
        
        Organisations can buy thin clients which cost less, not having to replace devices all the time makes itself a lot greener.
- - - - They don't know all the materials used in the things they burn. *The smoke contains “significant” traces of arsenic, copper, chromium and the “scary” carcinogens dioxins*
    - - Younger people grew up with more tech, older generations were not 'on time' to use it to the same level a lot of people do now.
        
        Older people may feel like they are getting pushed out of jobs (ageism).
        
        Links into ethics.
        
        If people can't keep up with their digital workload should they be fired?
        
        Certain jobs are filled by tech
        
        "... in 2018, 8% of people in the UK are estimated to have zero basic digital skills...".)
    - - No online banking, and there are a lot less physical bank branches
        
        Elderly might have difficulties doing their banking if they can't use their devices well, or have problems with their internet
        
        "Number of bank branches in the UK roughly halved from 1986 to 2014..."
        
        1/3 of all bank branches in the UK have closed during the past four and a half years. From an Article published in September 2019.
      - Online shopping
        
        Without proper access to the internet people would have to shop locally or over the phone.
        
        In 2018 there was a ratio of 9 openings to 16 closures a day of high street shops.
        
        In 2020 11,000 high street outlets closed. It is estimated that in 2021 18,000 more could close.
- - - - Should social media companies be allowed to do this?
        
        Technology is evolving quickly and laws are not being produced at the same pace.
        
        Different political parties may want different solutions or no solutions at all.
        
        Democrats & Republicans refuse to agree on Trump impeachment
      - People care too much about their social media
      - People spend too much time on their social media
        
        Spending more time on social media means less time spent on other, potentially important things.
        
        Internet usage has been linked to a large amount of procrastination and also to producing negative emotions.
        "Procrastinatory internet use has been linked to reduced life satisfaction"
        (hyperlink refers to all above information)
        
        Cyberbullying becomes a lot more potent if the victim is always on their social media.
        
        Phone notifications allow people to see what they are being messaged, or what the new comments on their posts are
        
        On average users spend 144 minutes a day on social media
    - - Time article about AI taking toll booth worker's jobs at the start of the Corona virus.