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Consequences of Technology - Coggle Diagram
Consequences of Technology
Cookies
Small files which can record online activities.
Pros
Can provide more tailored experiences online, e.g. more relevant adverts and accurate recommendations
Cons
Can be used for malicious reasons, like tracking where you go in order to find out more information about you by any party.
GPS
Allows location services to be integrated into other technology.
Pros
Mapping software and directions.
Allows friends or emergency services to find you
You can plan journeys and find services in close proximity
Cons
Allows malicious individuals and companies to track your movements.
It can be used to locate your precise whereabouts which may be used to cause harm
Could be used to plan criminal or terrorist activities
Forums
An online space split into areas where users can discuss topics and ideas
Pros
Community management is made a lot easier, as members of a community can reach out to staff and put forward ideas/discuss changes.
People of similar interests can meet and chat/help each other
Cons
Individuals with malicious intent may use forums to plan attacks, extremist rallies or to radicalise others
Social Media
Allows people to digitally interact with one another for recreational purposes
Pros
Friends can stay in touch over long distances
Can be fun
Cons
Highly addicting
Most companies have exceedingly poor ethics standards, and often use unfairly collected information about users against them
Email
Allows for reliable, custom and easy-to-use online communication
Pros
Quick and simple to send email to people.
Organisations can modify their email systems to best suit their needs.
People from all over the world can contact each other digitally without paying for international postage.
Cons
Can be used by criminals and scammers to communicate and bait victims.
Viruses can be contained in email and attachments, which can harm the recipient's computer
Personal information can be stolen
Data analysis
Where individuals and organisations can analyse data to optimise efficiency, prediction or other processes of interest.
Pros
Businesses and operations can be more successful if they know their consumers better, therefore data analysis is key to their success
Cons
Private data may be analysed, allowing malicious organisations or individuals to make predictions about peoples' personal lives or actions.
Databases
Used to store information, usually for a business or organisation
Pros
Allows organisations to easily access and store large amounts of data about users, people etc. e.g. medical records
Cons
May be insecure and data within may be vulnerable to theft and leak
Potentially can be used to store unethically collected data about people
CCTV
Allows footage to be recorded or transmitted live to storage devices or monitors
Pros
Detailed surveillance can be carried out to deter and catch crime
Anti-social behaviour deterrents can protect communities and private property
Cons
Can be used for criminal activities, e.g. stealing peoples' card information
Excessive and unwarranted surveillance may be carried out, violating peoples' privacy
Person Profiling
Allows people like employers to see their employees' activity online
Pros
Allows employers to get a better idea of what applicants are like before hiring them
Cons
Out-of-context or outdated posts may ruin careers, regardless of intent
Always-connected Internet
Constant connection allows anybody to use online services from anywhere
Pros
Internet services can be used anywhere, which is extremely convenient
More accurate forms of DRM can be implemented, protecting developers' copyright and income
Real-time online communication is made much easier.
Cons
Can waste peoples' limited internet availability by constantly sending unhelpful transmissions
Can be used to have 24 hours surveilance of a person's physical and online activities
Aggressive and anti-consumer DRM can be implemented, draining hardware resources and restricting user interaction on their own computer
Internet Monitoring
Where entities like the police can monitor online traffic
Pros
Criminals can be caught and punished for cyber-crime, preventing further online crime
Cons
Peoples' privacy is invaded by having all their traffic monitored, scrutinised and inspected