In this day and age where our entire lives and practices are dominated by technology, it is imperative that we learn how to use these innovations without letting them harm us. Most people would agree that technology has made our lives a little more relaxing and very easy to live with. These more recent technological innovations have helped us accomplish tasks that we were unable to do in the past. Now, to write down all the positive things about technology will require a long list, but we humans tend to forget that these positive impacts, technology can also affect us in negative ways. Technology has a downside, for example, whenever a new phone or device hits the market, people get really excited and sometimes even wait until midnight to be the first to get it. Now others are just waiting to see if there are technical or other problems. So people who have waited hours to get this amazing device(s) find out there is a problem. So basically what I'm trying to say is that these new innovations help us in the short term but end up hurting us in the long term. Since technology is a very broad topic, I decided to focus on two key points related to technology. First, these new high-tech computers allow viruses to destroy the computer, steal personal information, etc. Secondly, with these new innovations, people are becoming addicted to the Internet. Was there a time when you open your computer and see all these pop-ups and get these virus messages. I remember this happened to me once and it was both very frustrating and annoying. No matter how many X's you clicked, it wouldn't go away. Also sometimes when I wake up in the morning, the first thing my eyes see is opening Facebook, Instagram or whatever...... middle of paper ......12:n. pag.Consumerreport.org. Consumer Reports, February 2012. Web. October 27, 2013. Bott, ed. “Do you really need antivirus software?” ZDNet. CBS Interactive, November 23, 2013. Internet. October 27, 2013. “Internet Browsing Safety.” Web root. Webroot Inc., and Web. October 27, 2013.." WhiteHat Website Security Statistical Report. " WhiteHat Security. WhiteHat Security, May 2013. Web. October 27, 2013./stats.html>. “Highlights from the 2013 Internet Security Threat Report.” » Symantec. SymantecCorporation, December 2012. Web. October 27, 2013./security_response/publications/threatreport.jsp>.. Np. Internet. December 16 2013. .