a Personal Computer. In addition, it is almost impossible for a person to not have direct

or indirect contact with a computer throughout their daily lives. This is because so many

objects and situations that we encounter on a daily basis involve computers that we take

them for granted or forget they are around. Due to the rising amount of computers around

the world, people must realize that our privacy is at stake due to the use of the Internet

and the home computer. The use of Internet and home computers has now put peoples

privacy in danger due to hacking of systems, and distributed viruses, as well as the many

types of fraud (credit card, service etc). These are the contributing factors to people's

One of the main reasons that people who use computers have their privacy put in

danger is the threat of hackers. A hacker is "one who illegally gains access to or enters

another's electronic system to obtain secret information or steal money" (Lexico LLC,

Internet Source #1). These hackers break through the firewalls, cookies, and passwords

that protect individual's personal i

artists". Some examples of Internet scams are service scams, equipment scams and online

Spoofers" which can give the hacker access to someone else's IP address (Edward W.

With the increase in computer purchase and computer use the privacy and safety

arrangements, and pay a fee, but the business or user never hears from the person and

WebPages that give instructions on how to make these viruses. With the number of

deals where the user is promised something by the fraudulent person and they user gives

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