Unethical Situation Essay

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Unethical Situation In today’s society computers are a part of everyday life. I can almost guarantee at some point today I will have some sort of interaction with a computer, smartphone, or some kind of technology. I know for a fact that I will have some kind of interaction with computer technology today and probably every day. Since computers play such a significant role in my life and others around me, I often wondered what it would be like to get into a field where it was not only a passion, but my job. Ever since I was a kid and started playing on my first computer, which by today’s standards belongs in a museum, I have always had a fascination with computers and how they work. Most people, including me, just turn on a computer and expect them to work and do not know what goes into making the wheels turn inside, or what keeps cyber criminals away from personal information. What I know so far is just basic knowledge in the field of computers. Basically I have no formal training on the field, just what I have taught myself, or have learned from friends or the internet. I know the computer science field involves a great deal with computer software and also parts of the field are oriented towards online security. One of the main reasons I am considering this field is because, like many others, my identity was stolen online. It was only a year ago, and it still makes me mad, that my identity was stolen online and my bank account was drained by an online predator. They had purchased over two-thousand dollars on my credit card. Needless to say I was pretty upset and started to wonder what I could do to be safer online. I figured the logical choice would be to go into the computer science field and find a way to take down cyber criminals, but is this really the right field for me? That is why I would like to explore what it takes to make it in the computer
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