CiS Article17: From Virtual Communites to Smart Mobs

The thoughts considered from Mann and Rheingold have a direct relation to the upcoming times in technology. Throughout the article there was much mention of smart computers and how the technological advances in the world have made life easier but does need to be monitored by the citizens that use it. With new inventions such as wireless cell phones and P2P (peer-to-peer) computing. Some of the main focus is on peer to peer computing this was thought to be a problem because this can have a negative impact on peers which have no control over the other end of the connection, hackers can be saving some of their stolen documents on you shared hard drive without your knowledge. Have you ever though to consider by having music downloading programs and sharing files that it is as easy for them to access your music as well as your other personal files on you computer?