The Pros And Cons Of Internet Security

Internet, one of the greatest inventions in the 1970s, originally came from a communication system developed by the United States during the Cold War. As technology has improved, the network system has grown rapidly. From the beginning of military communication system to now which everything is possible through Internet. Based on the record of the company Internet Live Stats, the number of the Internet users had grown from three hundred and sixty million in 2000 to three billion in 2014. More and more people in the world can get information faster and easier by using the Internet. However, not all of the people consider to have the easy access to the Internet a positive force to the society. As more and more people can get on internet, some governments began to feel their power being challenged. Therefore, they have started to see the growth of Internet users as a tremendous threat to their power. Their leaders, especially the dictators who are afraid that people would have power to overthrow them, have begun to restrict people’s freedom and opportunities to get access to the internet and the wide world.

Internet security has been proven to be one of the ways used by governments to control people and hold their power. Among its …show more content…
Governments used Internet security as one of the ways to Internet secruity is used by every countries for either safety or political status for their own benefits; it is hard to say whether it is good or not. It seems to be unfair and unequal to us citizens because the governments are abusing their authorites. Still, there is no doubt that it is efficient way for governments to ensure that their adveraries are not oppressing our countries and causing crises. As long as the internet is the most convenient way to spread information, governments will keep using this technology as one of the most powerful tool to maintain nations’