Bad Use of Technology.

     Technology keeps transforming the world, providing important solutions to global problems. However, the bad use of technology is causing new problems for today’s society.  

     The internet browser Tor (The Onion Router) that allows people to access the internet without be detected, is a good example of bad use of technology. It was originally designed by the US Naval Research Laboratory to help in the traffic of confidential information, but the network became the main tool to illegal commercial of drugs, weapons, child abuse images, etc. The article “Huge raid shuts 400 ‘dark net’ sites” by Jane Wakefield, Technology reporter from BBC, shows that the use of Tor became a criminal practice, and the police in a tempt to stop these illegal activities arrested 17 people from different countries and closed 400 sites believed to be selling illegal items. “Tor, as well as hosting legitimate sites, is home to thousands of illegal marketplaces, trading in drugs, child abuse images as well as sites for extremist groups”, said Wakefield. She also added “It’s important to remember that the dark net isn’t all about illegal activity. Indeed, its best known tool the anonymizing browser Tor was created by a US intelligence agency to help its operations and to assist people living under repressive regimes. Therefore, technology isn’t bad by itself, it exists to facilitate people lives. Unfortunately, there are bad people that always try to damage society’s order through inadequate behavior.

     The current technology is a result of many years of study and development. As a result, along that time, it brought solution for many complex problems. Thus, it is clear that technology isn’t a problem, is a solution instead, but the way how people use it, will determinate positive or negative impact for their lives.