Persuasive Essay on the Drawbacks of Technology.

   Another big problem with these social media sites is that there are always identity thiefs, hackers, and just plain old thiefs out there trying to get a hold of your information. I understand your chances of being hacked may seem very slim, but is anyone ever really "safe" online? The more information you put out there, the easier it is to steal things from you. As a matter of fact, according to a young hacker himself that broke into NASA   "Well, it's power at your fingertips. You can control all these computers from the government, from the military, from large corporations. And if you know what you're doing, you can travel through the internet at your will, with no restrictions. That's power; it's a power trip."         What greater form of power than to have absolute access to your life? Let's say you put as your status "gone to Orlando for the weekend." Now this thief (or hacker) knows that you're not going to be home for the weekend. It gives them an easy opportunity to break into your house and have a little "shopping spree." Sometimes it's not just your stuff they want, it's your money. Did you know that hackers can hack into your Facebook or Twitter and pretend to be you? According to MSNBC they can even post comments pretending to be you and ask people for money, or try to get other stuff. There are tons of things that they could do.

   There is an additional downfall to these social media sites that a lot of people don't think about; they can put your future at risk. Did you know that more and more colleges now a days are looking at social media sites before they accept a person into their colleges? Believe it or not, it's true. You may think "Oh if any colleges actually do it, it's probably a very small portion!" On the contrary, according to a Kaplan survey of college admissions officers, "more than 80% of colleges use Facebook to connect with and recruit potential students." Of course they don't check everyone's social media sites, they just dig deeper on a person when a red flag is raised during the admissions process. Can you imagine? Not getting accepted into the college of your dreams simply because of an indecent picture, comment, blog, etc you posted online?

   In closing, there are many cons to these social media sites that many people don't think about.  For example, once you put something online you can never permanently erase it, you can get hacked or even get your identity stolen, and it can even affect the future you had planned. All of this can happen in the blink of an eye. While you may think you are protected while you are on these sights, the truth is a lot of the time you are not. That's just a little something to think about the next time you sign in to your Facebook and are about to post something potentially detrimental online.