The Use And Abuse of The Internet

As time goes by, the Internet is becoming more and more common in our daily life; the importance of this hi-tech cannot be ignored. It has even become one of the most important things without which some people cannot live today.

The use of the Internet has a wide range of advantages. Every day, we read news on the Internet, it is the cheapest and fastest way to get information at the first time. Besides, the Internet provides us a platform to get contact with people, whether we know or not. Through this technique, we can keep in touch with our families, friends or colleagues, we can also get to know some new people from all over the world. What’s more, the Internet gives birth to the so called online shopping today. In that way, we can just do shopping at home instead of going to a shopping mall.

However, every coin has two sides. Because of its convenience, the Internet has also brought forth abuses and caused many problems. One of the most important issues today is online stealing. People who are less technologically advanced or who are enthralled by the technology often become the victims. The criminals use a Trojan horse program to break into their computer, secretly put down the password of their credit card as they typed in. In addition, the Internet also provides an ideal opportunity for online fraud, and a most invisible way to infringe copyrights.

With the development of the Internet, both good things and bad things happened to our society. Whether the Internet brought us better life still remains a controversial issue today. It seems that the only way to solve the problem is nothing but to behave ourselves, avoid abuses, and make full use of the Internet.