Thursday, August 21, 2008

Esmeralda Z Friday homework

The British government reported that the UK has lost all prisoner data due to a lost memory device. The important device had information of every prisoner registered in England and Wales. The British officials were humiliated by the series of questions asked about their ability to safeguard even though they are supported by the national identification program. Since the data has been lost, the UK has come to a series of problems. Such as last year they lost millions of names and personal details from across the country because computers or memory devices went missing. The lost memory stick contained names and dates of birth of 84, ooo inmates, England and Wales' entire prison population. The device also contained the home addresses 33,000 criminals who committed six or more recordable convictions over the last 12 months. This is not the first time that has happen, like last November, tax officials admitted to loosing computer disks containing information on 25 million people, nearly half the county's population.


My thought about this article is that we cant always trust technology, and we cannot certainly depend on it. I believe that we can find other ways and solutions that fit our lifestyle. My concerns about this issue is that technology can cause even more serious problems that will cost us a life, and I'm afraid that it will kill humans someday. I also think technology has its advantages like the cure for diseases. I believe Technology has its advantages and disadvantages.

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