Is the internet beneficial or detrimental

The internet is the source of everything these days, we all rely on the internet in some way or form. People can now work from home or even take classes online, we no longer have to call cab companies we can just order a cab online. We can even order food online, theres no need to call in orders. Connecting objects to the internet makes everything convenient, we can even have our homes connected to the internet. Amazon’s “Alexa” device allows individuals to have voice control over their lights,thermostats , your Television and many more home devices. It is great to be able to control everything from a smart device, say you forget to set the house alarm because you are rushing out the house, you can just arm the alarm from your phone without having to travel all the way back tot he house. Although there are many positive things about having objects connected to the internet there also some negatives, such as these devices can cause people to get lazy, instead of getting off of the couch to turn up the air conditioner you can just control it with your device or even being lazy to grab a remote and change the channel they can just change the channel by speaking out loud to a device like “Alexa”. Having objects connected to the internet could cause some problems with your objects and devices, in the New York Times article “Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse” by Nellie Bowels states , “One woman had turned on her air-conditioner, but said it then switched off without her touching it. Another said the code numbers of the digital lock at her front door changed every day and she could not figure out why. Still another told an abuse help line that she kept hearing the doorbell ring, but no one was there”.Basically these objects connected to the internet have the potential to glitch, questioning whether it is really worth it to rely on the internet for certain things like our home and safety.

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