Wireless technology has changed the way we think of public and private places because it has created so many differences to the lives of many in ways that one would have imagined back then. Wireless Technology has helped many lives run more smoothy because we can depend on it during our everyday like wether personal or public. In the article WiFi-Hog: From Reaction to Realization by Professor Jonah Brucker-Cohen it states, “Free nodes are popping up in public parks, airport terminals, libraries, schools, and other venues worldwide. In addition to sanctioned spaces for the nodes, private nodes without encryption are leaking from offices and houses onto city and rural streets.” this shows how public placed have adapted to wireless technology users to make their lives easier. But personally, I believe this feature of wireless technology being used in public places can be sketchy.
Wireless technology is a form of technology that always keeps us connected to others in the world but to many, this is a concern because you’re always in the eye of the public. As mentioned in the article ‘Social Impacts the Telephone and The Cell Phone Has Had onSociety’, by Victor Epand it states, “Without doubt, mobile telephony offers enormous advantages and added convenience, greater personal security, and the ability to take advantage of ‘dead’ time to do business on the move.”…. the social changes being wrought by a technology which, by making us permanently contactable, is having a profound effect on our interpersonal interaction.” Although we tend to focus more on the benefits of wireless technology, it is important to point out the negatives because it is just as important. The use of wireless technology in public places can cause for ones device to get hacked because you don’t know how can be in control of the wireless hotspots. We’ll need to be very careful when using our devices in public.
