Computers and Society | Chapter 2 Preface
Increasingly, business, consumer, and banking transactions are conducted electronically through the use of sophisticated computers. To facilitate this computerized commerce, entire financial histories are kept on electronic file and made available to banks and credit agencies. However, as computer hackers have demonstrated, computerized information can be obtained by anyone with the requisite computer knowledge. Although most people like the convenience and speed of electronic transactions that computers have made possible, many find it dismaying that personal financial information is so...
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