The Pros And Cons Of Hacking

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Terrorist attacks can occur anywhere, any time, and any place. Your neighbor could be a terrorist and you could have no idea. One of the many things that I have learned about terrorism is that not all attacks have to do with people dying or getting hurt. Hacking and fraud happen to be a type of terrorist attack as well. Hackers can scan thousands of computers and find all of your information like credit cards and social security numbers. Billions of dollars have been taken from companies due to hackers. As many as 90 percent of company security breaches happen inside the company itself. Not only companies are affected by hackers but it can happen to any of us. Your computer catching a virus could be because someone is causing it. Someone can take your credit card number and max them out and ruin your credit or impersonate you with all of your information and can cause you to be in a lot of trouble or danger. As long as we update our security software’s and stay very careful on where we put out our information on we should be fine in the future. …show more content…

September 11 for example has so many different theories on what had happened it is mind blowing. The thing with Conspiracies is that most of them believe that the government is involved in these terrible things. To think that the government had planned 9/11 would be crazy but can be very likely. Conspiracies can affect me in the future because if I really do start to believe that the government is behind such horrendous times then I will never feel safe and would probably become a very paranoid person. Even though I have nothing to hide I would never be able to have the privacy I need. Which brings me to my next

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