Disadvantages of information technologySubmitted byMuntaquirIMED PUNE

Unemployment -

While information technology may have streamlined the business process it has also crated job redundancies, downsizing and outsourcing. This means that a lot of lower and middle level jobs have been done away with causing more people to become unemployed

Privacy -

Though information technology may have made communication quicker, easier and more convenient, it has also bought along privacy issues. From cell phone signal interceptions to email hacking, people are now worried about their once private information becoming public knowledge.

Lack of job security -

Industry experts believe that the internet has made job security a big issue as since technology keeps on changing with each day. This means that one has to be in a constant learning mode, if he or she wishes for their job to be secure.

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Dominant culture - While information technology may have made the world a global village, it has also contributed to one culture dominating another weaker one.

For example it is now argued that US influences how most young teenagers all over the world now act, dress and behave. Languages too have become overshadowed, with English becoming the primary mode of communication for business and everything else.

Technology makes life more complex. 

Sweatshops and harsher forms of slavery are more likely to be found in technologically advanced societies, relative to primitive societies. 

The increasing oppression of technologically advanced societies over those which are not. 

More people are starving (in total numbers and per-capita), in this most technologically advanced age, than at any other point in history or primitive pre-history. 

Potentially devastating nuclear weapons become more powerful and proliferation is made evermore easy with communication and transportation advancements.

This leads to socially stressful military concepts like mutually assured destruction. The duck and cover drills accompany other lifestyle aspects of an advanced technological society. 

New forms of entertainment, such as video games and internet access could have possible social effects on areas such as academic performance. 

computer virus and bug 

privacy and stolen copy right 

make part of people over concentrate on computering, then lost of friendly and face to face communication chance. Bad for eye watching if over look for long time 

no physical stock, easy buy fake product and cheating by people 

people will lose their jobs to machines that will do the work for them

machines and robots are too complex for most people to us

The increase in transportation technology has brought stressful traffic congestion in some areas. 

Creates new diseases and disorders such as obesity, laziness and a loss of personality

New forms of danger existing as a consequence of innovative forms of technology, new types of nuclear reactors, unforeseen genetic mutations as the result of genetic engineering, or perhaps something more subtle which can destroy the ozone or warm the planet. 

it is crucial that personal and confidential records stored in computers be protected properly.

Impact on Labour Force, although computers have improved productivity and created an entire industry with hundreds of thousands of new jobs, the skills of hundreds of thousands employees are replaced by computers

Health Risks, prolonged or improper computer use can lead to head injuries or disorders.

Computer users can protect themselves from health risks through proper workplace design, good posture while at the computer, and appropriately spaced work breaks.

Impact on the Environment, Computer manufacturing processes and computer waste are depleting natural resources and polluting the environment.

 

Theft of Personal information If you use the Internet, you may be facing grave danger as your personal information such as name, address, credit card number etc. can be accessed by other culprits to make your problems worse.

Spamming: Spamming refers to sending unwanted e-mails in bulk, which provide no purpose and needlessly obstruct the entire system. Such illegal activities can be very frustrating for you, and so instead of just ignoring it, you should make an effort to try and stop these activities so that using the Internet can become that much safer. 

Virus threat Virus is nothing but a program which disrupts the normal functioning of your computer systems. Computers attached to internet are more prone to virus attacks and they can end up into crashing your whole hard disk, causing you considerable headache.

Pornography:  This is perhaps the biggest threat related to your children’s healthy mental life. A very serious issue concerning the Internet. There are thousands of pornographic sites on the Internet that can be easily found and can be a detrimental factor to letting children use the Internet.

More rapid communication with a form of communication to change the original form of face to face to be not. This can cause communication to be empty.

Someone who constantly hang out with the computer will tend to be someone who is individualistic.