Computers have had a very significant impact on safety in the world, both positively and negatively. First, positively, computers have been able to drastically improve emergency response times and how they’re handled. These computers enable faster and more efficient communication and coordination during all types of emergencies. They can also help reach the general public much faster in the case of large scale emergencies such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, or anything other large scale emergency, and it will allow society to react much faster. The way computer make our life safer is because of the improved transportation safety. What i mean by this is all of the extra safety features that are now in things such as cars, planes and boats. Computers have given us technology such as radars and gps so that no matter where we are, we can always find our way back. For cars, there is also technology such as anti-collision, automatic braking systems, lane departure warnings, and recently there’s even cars that can drive on their own. Now on to some negative things that computers have brought to the safety of our society. First of all being major privacy concerns. The widespread use of computers make it easier than ever before to gain most of an individuals sensitive information if they aren’t careful. Things such as surveillance, data-mining, and also profiling by large organizations can infringe on an individuals privacy rights. These can lead to things such as identity theft, fraud, unauthorized surveillance, and other privacy right violations. The next negative in safety that has come with computers it just how dependent we really are on them. Every single day, most of our time is spend on a computer whether we realize it not. From school work, to simply talking to our best friend or family, alot of the time we use a computer to do those things now. This heavy reliance on computers can be exploited by cybercriminals and has been. Critical things such as water treatment plants and power grids have been shut down due to these cybercriminals going after the computers that are in charge of them, this can lead to very major disasters.