Some people think that development of technology helps to reduce crime, while others think that it encourages crime. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Whether the

development

of

technology

will reduce the

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occurrence

of

crimes

or

otherwise

has been a hot topic on the Internet. In my view, regarding

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crimes

, the advancement of

technology

is a double-edged sword. On the one hand,

technology

does significantly lower the possibility of committing

crimes

. One compelling example is the widespread application of monitors, especially in some autocracies,

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North Korea or Cuba. In these countries, monitors with the function of facial recognition are omnipresent

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any criminal intention of anyone can be predicted by their governments.

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, if purely measured by

ciminal

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criminal

rates, the advancement of

technology

in these countries has indeed

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notable contributions, though at the cost of ordinary people's freedom.

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illustration may

incidently

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discover a frustrating reality that when striving to

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social security, governments are inclined to achieve the goal by utilising the

development

of

technolohy

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technology

to deprive ordinary people's privacy and freedom.

Nevertheless

, it is irrefutable that the

development

of

technology

is

condusive

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conducive

to the amelioration of social

secruity

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security

.

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mentioned, the progress of

technology

could

also

further

exacerbate social security. The emergence of Bitcoin is a typical example. Bitcoins are

kind

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of virtual monetary, whose most essential

characteristc

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characteristic

characteristics

is its anonymity, making Bitcoins an ideal approach to avoid financial regulation. Currently,

according to

a report from BBC, Russia is leveraging Bitcoins to escape economic sanctions on it by the West for its invasion of Ukraine. The example has adequately demonstrated that

although

the progress of

technology

itself is neutral

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when utilised by criminals, it could severely jeopardise the stability and security of a society or a nation.

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, there is

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demand for governments to actively prepare themselves for

this

kind of

potentials

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, particularly when given the rapid

development

of AI, a potent tool. In summary, the advancement of

technology

is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it to some extent can sacrifice freedom or privacy to significantly reduce

crimes

;

on the other hand

, it can

also

stimulate

crimes

when legislators or regulators do not notice new threats brought by new

development

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.