Kindly Evaluate This Practice Test (1)
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:01 pm
Smart devices have put all of the world’s information at our fingertips. The benefits of this development are obvious, but what are the drawbacks?
Smart devices have become a necessity in our lives. They come in all shapes and sizes, from tablets to mobile phones, and have managed to bring the world to our fingertips. Their benefits are numerous as they aid us to remain in contact, especially with those out of our reach. They also allow us access to information around the clock. Finally, we can install various applications on them for navigation, games, education, and so on. However, there are many disadvantages to smart devices. They hinder privacy and may cause bodily injuries if not carefully used. These drawbacks shall be highlighted throughout the essay.
First off, smart devices may hinder personal privacy if not correctly managed. For instance, people overuse social media on their smart devices by posting pictures and videos of their everyday life, thinking that they’re active and trending, while they are exposing their lives to the public, thus hindering their own privacy. Also, if these users aren’t careful, they may make themselves susceptible to cyber-attacks when proper security measures aren’t put in place. Another example of smart devices intrusion of privacy, is that we’re expected to be wired to our smart devices all the time so culturally, we’re expected to return calls, answer messages, reply to emails around the clock, even when we’re supposed to be on holidays and weekends. Hence, smart devices may cause harm users privacy and is a drawback that cannot be trifled with.
Secondly, smart devices may cause bodily injuries if not carefully used. Research has shown that overexposure to smart devices may cause neck, back, wrist pains, some of which may become chronic. Overexposure to smart devices may also result in low vision and headaches. Additionally, some uncareful users allow their children and toddlers access to their smart devices. These devices may negatively affect children’s vision may promote laziness. In addition to injuries, unsafe usage of smart devices such as texting and driving results in numerous and sometimes fatal accidents. Thus, attention should be drawn to unsafety and health dangers to users if they’re not carefully using their smart devices.
To conclude, smart devices have been very beneficial to mankind. They may allow us to remain in contact with each other and they bring the world to our fingertips, but they also have major drawbacks such as hindering our privacy and causing us bodily injuries and sometimes fatal accidents. I believe that awareness should be spread regarding safe usage of smart devices, especially at a young age.
Smart devices have become a necessity in our lives. They come in all shapes and sizes, from tablets to mobile phones, and have managed to bring the world to our fingertips. Their benefits are numerous as they aid us to remain in contact, especially with those out of our reach. They also allow us access to information around the clock. Finally, we can install various applications on them for navigation, games, education, and so on. However, there are many disadvantages to smart devices. They hinder privacy and may cause bodily injuries if not carefully used. These drawbacks shall be highlighted throughout the essay.
First off, smart devices may hinder personal privacy if not correctly managed. For instance, people overuse social media on their smart devices by posting pictures and videos of their everyday life, thinking that they’re active and trending, while they are exposing their lives to the public, thus hindering their own privacy. Also, if these users aren’t careful, they may make themselves susceptible to cyber-attacks when proper security measures aren’t put in place. Another example of smart devices intrusion of privacy, is that we’re expected to be wired to our smart devices all the time so culturally, we’re expected to return calls, answer messages, reply to emails around the clock, even when we’re supposed to be on holidays and weekends. Hence, smart devices may cause harm users privacy and is a drawback that cannot be trifled with.
Secondly, smart devices may cause bodily injuries if not carefully used. Research has shown that overexposure to smart devices may cause neck, back, wrist pains, some of which may become chronic. Overexposure to smart devices may also result in low vision and headaches. Additionally, some uncareful users allow their children and toddlers access to their smart devices. These devices may negatively affect children’s vision may promote laziness. In addition to injuries, unsafe usage of smart devices such as texting and driving results in numerous and sometimes fatal accidents. Thus, attention should be drawn to unsafety and health dangers to users if they’re not carefully using their smart devices.
To conclude, smart devices have been very beneficial to mankind. They may allow us to remain in contact with each other and they bring the world to our fingertips, but they also have major drawbacks such as hindering our privacy and causing us bodily injuries and sometimes fatal accidents. I believe that awareness should be spread regarding safe usage of smart devices, especially at a young age.
