Question- What are the disadvantage of the internet?

Ans.

Disadvantage of the Internet

These are as under-

1. The biggest drawback with having continual access to the Internet is, its ability to create rifts between the real and virtual world. The virtual world can seem so alluring that once hooked, going back to real life seems daunting.

2. The use of Internet in banking or other services, often makes our personal information vulnerable to theft. There are no fool-proof ways to securing names, account numbers addresses, and credit card numbers from being stolen or misused by thieving websites.

3. The availability of Internet has spawned the online sale of fake passports, social security cards, driver's licenses, birth certificate, college diplomas etc. Some of them are so authentic looking that it takes a real expert to detect the forgery.

4. Internet users are often plagued by virus attacks that harm their computers and files. Virus programs may get activated simply by clicking a harmless link. Computers connected to the Internet are extremely prone to IP targeted virus attacks that may end up crashing the system.

5. Spamming is the sending unwanted e-mails, which serve no purpose and needlessly obstruct the system. Such illegal activities are very frustrating as it makes it slower to access email accounts and makes the entire service unreliable.

6. There is no governing body in charge of the Internet. Anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can "publish" information or opinion on the Web. This openness can be seen as one of the Internet's great strengths, but it also means that the quality, accuracy and credibility of the information very dramatically. Anyone's ideas - even if they are extremist political views completely unture ideas can be found on the Web and no one check to make sure Web pages provide accurate information.

7. The internet is haphazard and unpredictable in terms of the number, and kinds of subjects being covered. Thus, the internet may or may not offer in-depth coverage of the topic that interests you.

8. Some other Disadvantages - In addition to above, following are also some disadvantages-

(i) It is difficult to provide adequate privacy to all sure as their ID accounts could be accessed by other users.

(ii) It passes various threats like the threat due to worms, Tropjan Horses, viruses, and zombies are the threats to the security and functioning of web sites.

(iii) It is often difficult to provide security support to all users.

(iv) The growth of e-business had put a constant demand on existing network infrastructure, Managers have been under great pressures to upgrade and maintain more complex networks to ensure continuous performance.

(v) It is difficult to detect the fake user Id and forged transaction.

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