Information technology is changing many aspects of our lives and now dominates our home, leisure and work activities. To what extent do the benefits of information technology outweigh the disadvantages?

In today's world, it can be seen that technologies have become an integral part of

people

's life.

This

essay will discuss whether the advantages of

this

development outweigh the disadvantages.

To begin

with,

first

of all, the main disadvantage of

this

is that it decreases the safety of private information.

This

is because of the

fact

that due to a high level of development of technologies humans’ personal data can be easily accessed by computer hackers.

Therefore

, it may be used in actions damaging for

people

and lead to devastating consequences.

For instance

, only in recent years, there were more than 1 million hacker attacks in Ukraine.

Moreover

, another possible drawback of

this

tendency is the

fact

that

people

are spending too much time using the Internet and their ability to learn is likely to decrease.

This

is due to the

fact

that

people

got used to the

fact

that they may find any answers to any questions on the internet.

Hence

, the human’s brain perceives

this

as the signal that it does not have to work hard since useful materials can be easily found on websites.

For example

, recent research has shown that more and more teenagers spend less time studying and fully trust the internet and the data it provides them with. Eventually, to conclude, the tendency that information technology is getting closer to all our life aspects and activities has more disadvantages than advantages.

This

is due to the

fact

that not only may it lead to lower safety and security of personal data but

also

it may have an impact on the human's brain and its ability to develop.