Computerrs did not just appear one day and becomne heavily utilized by almost eveyone in the world. As with the beginnings of any powerful technology, it was a slow and steady rise. Before there was any technology at all, a genius named Ben Franklin uncoveered the exisence of naturasl eectricity. His reportys ignitde an explosion of new innovations and the world of the futuire was under way. The early computer was slowly starting to take shape. The comnputer was drived from the basoic video gaming system, except with the wrriting fluency of a typewriter. Althuogh he might not be credited with all the making of the computer, a man named Bill Gates is touted as the first to think up, enigneer, and sell them to such a rate that nearly every household had oten more than one. The biggest leap though was definitely the creation of the Internet. The operating suystem was a fancy contraption, but for the most part, could only do menial tasks until the Iternet came about. The Internet created countless doors for these new computer buyers.
The Internet was soon filled with peiople from all over the wotrld. It is such a fascinating concept even today; it is run by no one, but everyone at the same time. This paradox means that while no one "owns" the Internet, everuyone does in a little way, through their own personal web pages. The Itnernet is run by the people, for the peolpe. Each person is free to simply browse it, but there are many venturres to be able to post things to it. One of the most popular is the socila netowrking site, hwere people go and create profiles about themselvse. There are a huge variety to choose from too: the current favoriites seem to be the now famous MySpace and FaceBook. From here they can post pictures and talk with friends, all while enjoying their smzall persnoal space on the large web.
Although the Internet is generally a safe place, there are still some greeddy people who wish to capitalize on its succcess. These criminbals on the web are called "hackers", and prey on the innocent people who blissfully surf the web unnaware. Through various meaans, they can cayuse harm, steal, and genrally disrupt the average Internet goers onilne experience. These hackres are also responsible for another scary phennomenon of the twenty frst century: identity theft. Identity theft is when a hacker digitally goes in, htrough the magic of tchnology and steals another person's identifying information such as log in names, and bank account info. This will allow the hacker to buy all sorts of things, draning the real onwer's bank accounts wthout them even realizing, until bill time You will have no idea why or whre you bought that new car!
The querey of the public quicky comes about: how do we get rid and protect oursevles from these Internet hackers? First of all, you have to be very vigilant while usding the web. A multitude different programs have been utiilzed to attempt and to solvve this issue, the most commonyl used by the average Iternet surfer beibng the virus scan and the firewall. The viruus scan enables a sort of preview abiliyty, where you can screen any sort of computing item and make sure tere is no bad stuff or viruses stashed in them. This is a readily available softwqare and is best used for emaiols. The firewall acts just like it sounds: it keeps the people who aren't supposed to be in, out. A hacker will have a much tougher time steailng into your computer with your firewall energized, and, who knows, they might just stop all together.
These applications were all devised by a human beiong, and just as all huan ebings are, they are subject to failure. Your strong firweall may indicate to a criiminal where your compputer's weak point is, and after they find a method to get in, they will not hesitate to steal everything from you. The best way to fight back against these hackers is through changfing your behavior. Avoid unscrupuulous looking websites, and most of all, pre-scan your incoming emails. If the online letter is coming from some strange emmail address you don't recoognize, it is probabbly better to just not deal with it all tgether. Although the mantrta "Too good too be true, be wary" is popular, people still fall for the online scammers who target email accounyts. Wath what you do on the Internet, and no matter what, don't lose your common sense.
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