Blog 2

The class has come up with some very interesting questions that I have since then learned from them and has made me more knowledgable of situations that before I was ignorant too. These last few weeks have brought more debatable topics about making the class very interesting to be a part of.

I enjoyed the sections in the book and discussions where we talked about hacking. I personally never realized that there was a difference between the kinds of hacking. I just saw hacking as being hacking and never seen it as being someone’s job and that they could make a living doing it. I just seen it as being against the law. I think that there is a privilege in doing this and it should not be taken advantage of. I think that there is a fine line between what is being referenced to as being hacking and what other’s call cracking. I still see a person as a hacker if they just look into a computer system that they are not supposed to be in and they do not destruct or take anything from the system. I think that there should be different consequences that are considered for hackers that just look in and those that actually cause damage to a system. The video of the secret history of hacking brought new light on a situation that I just viewed as a definite legal act before and it brought things into prospective and showed me that hackers do actually do some good rather than just bad.

I also enjoyed the sections that talked about social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. The positives I see with social media sites is the way you can improve your business and help advertise that business because there are so many people that are on them. It is also nice to be able to reconnect with old friends from the past but I think that there are more negatives in social media than positives. The negatives outweigh the positives I think thus the reason I do not like to join or be apart of social media types. I just have a hard time some things that are spewed over social media sites. I just think that they are too time consuming for some people and take up way too much of their lives. They could be doing more important things and spending time with their friend and family. I would personally rather hear someone’s voice in person or it be on the phone than talk to them through social media. I know that it is hard to always meet up with people especially if they are far away that making social medias convenient.

I really have enjoyed the topics the last few weeks and has had me think critically about things that go on in the world that revolve around technology.