Internet Safety

Thesis Statement

Most Internet users are never aware of their Internet exposure from casual browsing.

Introduction

The internet today is a great source of information. It is also known as the super information highway because it is the number one source that people of all ages turn to. The internet is especially a good source of communication between family across the country or even overseas. There are a whole lot of good sides to the internet, but what I come here to talk about is the dangers of the internet and what you can do to ensure the safety of you and your family.

Analysis

As technology improves, more and more people begin to play with computers, exploring the possibilities. As the people become more and more curious to what the limits are with computers, they begin to break those rules and steal information from other computers on the internet. There are many things that a computer hacker can get from your computer, and the same amount of answers to avoid these situations. Some of these hackers can get personal information off of your computer such as phone numbers, full names, credit card numbers, home addresses, personal letters, and much, much more. To avoid this many things can be done. First, you can store all the personal information, not wanted to be accessed by unknown eyes, on a separate floppy disk or other storage object you might have. You can also buy a firewall from your local computer store to allow you to choose who does and does not access your computer.

In the editorial essay,” Internet Safety Gone Wild?”(2007), Brendesha Tynes, writes to inform and explain the benefits online social networks offer to adolescents in terms of cognitive and psychosocial development. This with the intention to persuade her audience that banning adolescents from using online social networks is not an intelligent option. She argues that this sites actually offer more benefits than dangers as she states in her thesis statement: “I contend that the potential benefits of online social networking far outweigh the negative aspects and that alternative strategies are available for keeping young people safe online” (Tynes, 2). After she states her position she provides three practical alternatives that may alleviate experts and parents concerns about teens' online safety in a more intelligent and effective way. In Tynes' attempt to convince her audience, she makes use of a good structural organization ...