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Disadvantages of Information Technology

The document discusses several disadvantages of information technology: 1) It has led to unemployment as many jobs have been automated or outsourced. 2) It raises privacy issues as personal information can now be more easily accessed or stolen online. 3) Constantly changing technology means workers must constantly learn new skills to maintain job security.

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Disadvantages of Information Technology

The document discusses several disadvantages of information technology: 1) It has led to unemployment as many jobs have been automated or outsourced. 2) It raises privacy issues as personal information can now be more easily accessed or stolen online. 3) Constantly changing technology means workers must constantly learn new skills to maintain job security.

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Disadvantages of

information
technology
Submitted by
Desai dilip
Unemployment -

While information technology may have streamlined the business


process it has also crated job redundancies, downsizing and outsourcing. This means that
a lot of lower and middle level jobs have been done away with causing more people to
become unemployed

 Privacy -
Though information technology may have made communication
quicker, easier and more convenient, it has also bought along privacy issues. From cell
phone signal interceptions to email hacking, people are now worried about their once
private information becoming public knowledge.

Lack
 of job security -
Industry experts believe that the internet has made job security
a big issue as since technology keeps on changing with each day. This means that one has
to be in a constant learning mode, if he or she wishes for their job to be secure.

.
Dominant
 culture -
While information
technology may have made the world a global
village, it has also contributed to one culture
dominating another weaker one.
For example it is now argued that US
influences how most young teenagers all over the
world now act, dress and behave. Languages too
have become overshadowed, with English
becoming the primary mode of communication
for business and everything else.
 Technology makes life more complex. 

 Sweatshops and harsher forms of slavery are more


likely to be found in technologically advanced societies,
relative to primitive societies. 

 The increasing oppression of technologically advanced


societies over those which are not. 

 More people are starving (in total numbers and per-


capita), in this most technologically advanced age, than
at any other point in history or primitive pre-history. 
 Potentially devastating nuclear weapons become more
powerful and proliferation is made evermore easy with
communication and transportation advancements.

 This leads to socially stressful military concepts like


mutually assured destruction. The duck and cover drills
accompany other lifestyle aspects of an advanced
technological society. 

 New forms of entertainment, such as video games and


internet access could have possible social effects on areas
such as academic performance. 
 computer virus and bug 

 privacy and stolen copy right 

 make part of people over concentrate on computering, then lost


of friendly and face to face communication chance. Bad for eye
watching if over look for long time 

 no physical stock, easy buy fake product and cheating by


people 

 people will lose their jobs to machines that will do the work
for them

 machines and robots are too complex for most people to us


 The increase in transportation technology has
brought stressful traffic congestion in some areas. 

 Creates new diseases and disorders such as


obesity, laziness and a loss of personality

 New forms of danger existing as a consequence of


innovative forms of technology, new types of
nuclear reactors, unforeseen genetic mutations as
the result of genetic engineering, or perhaps
something more subtle which can destroy the
ozone or warm the planet. 
it
 is crucial that personal and confidential records stored in computers be protected
properly.

Impact
 on Labour Force, although computers have improved productivity and
created an entire industry with hundreds of thousands of new jobs, the skills of
hundreds of thousands employees are replaced by computers

Health Risks, prolonged or improper computer use can lead to head injuries or
disorders.

Computer
 users can protect themselves from health risks through proper workplace
design, good posture while at the computer, and appropriately spaced work breaks.

Impact
 on the Environment, Computer manufacturing processes and computer
waste are depleting natural resources and polluting the environment.
 
 Theft of Personal information
If you use the Internet, you may be facing
grave danger as your personal information such as name, address,
credit card number etc. can be accessed by other culprits to make
your problems worse.

 Spamming: 
Spamming refers to sending unwanted e-mails in bulk, which
provide no purpose and needlessly obstruct the entire system.
Such illegal activities can be very frustrating for you, and so
instead of just ignoring it, you should make an effort to try and
stop these activities so that using the Internet can become that
much safer. 
 Virus threat
Virus is nothing but a program which
disrupts the normal functioning of your computer
systems. Computers attached to internet are more prone
to virus attacks and they can end up into crashing your
whole hard disk, causing you considerable headache.

Pornography: 
This is perhaps the biggest threat related
to your children’s healthy mental life. A very serious
issue concerning the Internet. There are thousands of
pornographic sites on the Internet that can be easily
found and can be a detrimental factor to letting children
use the Internet.
 More rapid communication with a form of
communication to change the original form of face
to face to be not. This can cause communication to
be empty.

 Someone who constantly hang out with the


computer will tend to be someone who is
individualistic.

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