The Internet has made the world smaller and enlarged our acc

The Internet has made the world smaller and enlarged our access to information. However, for every positive benefit of the Internet, there is a negative aspect. We have a loss of privacy, our financial profile can be compromised, and we cannot trust all information we access on the Internet. Do we operate as though the Internet has a foundation of trust? You should cite to examples and resources to support your opinion.

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Above statement was quoted by Hurwitz and what he meant by the internet being ‘built on a foundation of trust’ is that there should be a certain level of credibility in what is published online. This statement can bevery easily discredited if not put into complete context. It doesn’t take an expert to realize thatthe modern day internet is built on anythingbuta foundation of trust. Hurwitz however, statedthat “the internet’searlyarchitecture was built on a foundation of trust” (HURWITZ, 2013).

Considering that in the early days of the internet very few people had access; then one can assume that the internet would be trust worthy. Those who had access to the internet and access to contributing to the content of the internet were only those people of important position.As well as those who were financially fit to afford a computer, none the less. So far as the content of the internet, it was used for critical information and messages, not for millions of videos of funny cats and ice bucket challenges. So when you take those factors intoconsideration, it would make sense that the information loaded onto the internet would only be trust worthy when it has good content