Good and bad about the Internet, technology and more

Life with and without the internet, IT and more. “ How did we manage with and without the internet, technology and more”? Unless there is something I have missed, which knowing me I would not be surprised. I could be wrong but I do not think we knew the words internet and technology etc let alone what they meant. Years ago, all if not most of us all ages knew very little nothing at all about the internet, technology and more. Although’ without us knowing I guess the world was working on how things are today and how we access them. Therefore’ how did we access things without the internet”? We knew very little about iPads, iPhones, computers, tablets and more. However’ I went on my first computer class when I was twenty years old nearly twenty eight back in 1997. I think few people could afford a home phone, which was a landline so they had to walk to a telephone box where put money in, which could be near their home, anywhere or miles away. In my life time it started off two pence, then five, then ten, then twenty, then I think forty, then fifty, then slowly people were having mobile phones. I was born the last year of the sixties 1969, three months after Michael Armstrong walked on the moon or he may not have done. Some people do not believe it is possible to walk on the moon so I am not sure what to think either. I remember cassette players, taping the music charts every Sunday evening at 6.00pm and listening to my music on my Walkman on the way to school. On the television, at the start of my life we only had three channels, by the time my sister was born there were four, when I school there were five, now there are a lot more. It used to be bcc 1, bcc 2, channel 4 and channel 5. Somehow to what I remember, we managed very well without the internet and technology etc not that I am saying we should or should not do without it. Both ways there positives and negatives with and without it. The truth is I think but it does not mean I am right. “what do you think.?” The internet, technology etc has always being there, it has just grown and changed a lot with time. For example, from the typewriter to the computer. Most things like books you can read online today, CDs etc as well as buy or and borrow from the library. Most of us say, children, young people etc depend on the internet, technology etc too much but I could be wrong again. Many of us do depend on it too much these days. Myself for example. About ten years ago I got on the bus to town, I forgot my mobile phone, I could not rest without it. I had to go back on the bus to see if it was at home, it was then I came on the bus back into town. Then I thought how crazy I was to think when I was very young I did not have mobile phone, there was not any such thing. The risks can be spam, advertising, hacking and more. Does not always turn this way but like off line, it can be a risk with people you do not know, where they may be okay they may not be. However’ it is good for education, work, research and more. Many I have not listed that internet, social media and more is good and bad, which you could you will research on the internet it’s self what you need to be aware of positive and negative those of you who may not know already. It can be a good way of communicating with those you do know as well but at the same time can be a risk of limiting face to face communication. Other risks can be bullying, hate crime, harassment, being lcer lated from the outside world. How to keep safe. Do not give anyone your personal information and do not ask them for theirs. Do not click on adds or pop ups. Children should turn off their devices if there is anything to be concerned about until an adult knows what they are doing has checked to see if the device is safe or and let them know when the device is safe to go back on. The same people all ages who are vulnerable. If you have to have someone’s details to keep them safe, do not pass on their details to anyone else. More safety information on WWW.housewives.com