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The Dark Side of Technology

                    The Dark Side of Technology The term "hacker" has an overwhelmingly negative meaning nowadays, bringing up pictures of cybercriminals out to steal identities and unleash destructive infections. That was only sometimes the case. In actuality, society's initial perception of computer hackers was that they were technology aficionados who merely wanted to tweak, customize, and improve things. It wasn't until decades later, with the emergence of viruses and cybercrime, that traditional hackers were grouped in with those who hacked with harmful purposes, and the public demonization of hacking started.  Technology users should be cautious nowadays, they should be aware of the dark side of it. I've always been paying attention in my daily life using technology, I stopped clicking suspected URLs and make my work as confidential as possible. I have been hacked multiple times out of nowhere, they tried to use my credit card...