The world is moving towards more technology oriented future. A number of jobs that were manual ten years back are now fully automated. From flying an airplane in an auto-pilot mode to contactless shopping, computer-based technology has changed the way we live. It would be difficult to imagine a life without computers as almost all of the jobs are dependant on computers. I personally feel that while this change in technology has a number of advantages but there are few serious concerns associated as well.
One of the biggest advantage is that computers save a lot of time in doing a job. In case of shopping, a number of vendors have introduced contactless shopping where in you can just pay the amount by scanning a QR code. This is very helpful in pandemic times where every one is trying to avoid contact. Tracking of data is also helpful in most of the cases, from buying an insurance online to getting remainders when the policy is about to expire. The data tracking have major advantages in health care industry. A patient and doctor can now see the historic health data which makes it very easy to track the health records. Almost all of the major banks have online banking where in a customer can use online banking to update a record etc, this again saves a major time. There are more jobs in computer industry, so this change in technology has also changed increased the jobs.
Since the personal data is also stored online or in the cloud, the biggest risk and disadvantage of increasing dependency on technology is data theft. There are many cases where the personal data of customer was hacked. Even though many companies have now started giving importance to data security standards and making sure that the data is safe, but still the risk of personal theft is still there. Data sharing is also something that is a major concern. A number of websites collect personal data and use it for analytics by sharing with some other vendor which can be violation to the customer.
In conclusion, I believe we will be probably more dependent on computers in near future and our lives will improve as technology improves. While there are few concerns around around data security but there are many positive sides and advantages that we can focus on.
The world is moving towards more
technology
oriented future. A
number
of
jobs
that were manual ten years back are
now
fully
automated. From flying an airplane in an auto-pilot mode to contactless shopping, computer-based
technology
has
changed
the way we
live
. It would be difficult to imagine a life without computers as almost
all of the
jobs
are
dependant
on computers. I
personally
feel that while this
change
in
technology
has a
number
of
advantages
but
there are few serious concerns associated
as well
.
One of the biggest
advantage
is that computers save
a lot of
time in doing a
job
. In case of shopping, a
number
of vendors have introduced contactless shopping where in you can
just
pay the amount by scanning a QR code. This is
very
helpful in pandemic
times where
every one is trying to avoid contact. Tracking of
data
is
also
helpful in most of the cases, from buying an insurance
online
to getting remainders when the policy is about to expire. The
data
tracking have
major
advantages
in health care industry. A patient and doctor can
now
see
the historic health
data
which
makes
it
very
easy to
track
the health records. Almost
all of the
major
banks have
online
banking where in a customer can
use
online
banking to update a record etc, this again saves a
major
time. There are more
jobs
in computer industry,
so
this
change
in
technology
has
also
changed
increased the jobs.
Since the
personal
data
is
also
stored
online
or in the cloud, the biggest
risk
and disadvantage of increasing dependency on
technology
is
data
theft. There are
many
cases where the
personal
data
of customer
was hacked
.
Even though
many
companies
have
now
started
giving importance to
data
security standards and making sure that the
data
is safe,
but
still
the
risk
of
personal
theft is
still
there.
Data
sharing is
also
something
that is
a
major
concern. A
number
of websites collect
personal
data
and
use
it for analytics by sharing with
some
other vendor which can be violation to the customer.
In conclusion
, I believe we will be
probably
more dependent on computers in near future and our
lives
will
improve
as
technology
improves
. While there are few concerns
around around
data
security
but
there are
many
positive
sides and
advantages
that we can focus on.