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Assignment 10
I think a good issue that deals with technology and laws it that of cybersecurity. I believe with issues involving cybersecurity it is clear the law is not doing an adequate job of protecting corporations and individuals. I think the first step is to create awareness among the people of what is going on. In the end like a lot of thing involving technology the law will always be way behind what is happening with technology. Controlling technology through legislation will always have areas in which it comes up short. I think like a lot of things trying to use laws as a means to allow people to defend themselves can only go so far. I think a better way would to give people the knowledge to defend themselves in the technology era. I think though this people would demand more secure technologies and protocols that actually were capable of being secure. When dealing with technologies in general, traditional ways of making laws will have to adapt to the exponential nature of technology. If governments cannot come up with a new structure that is able to adapt as fast as technology, then there will never be any possibility of controlling it through legislative action.
Yes. While technology can change dramatically overnight, legislation is a long drawn out process. It seems that proper knowledge is our best tool at the moment