There has been tremendous change in the way people live, work and play over the past three decades. The past ten years or so have seen changes at a much faster pace. Technological innovation has been the key player in promoting these changes. The rapid pace at which IT is changing means five to ten years from now lifestyles will be a lot different from what they are today. How positive these changes will be will depend on how effective privacy and security systems work on cyberspace. " the issue of security when using the internet as a communications channel must be addressed .The surgeon and patient need guarantees that the operation cannot be either inadvertently or deliberately sabotaged." Bate and Cook, 2001.
I believe that cyber privacy and security will no longer be a cause for concern to internet users like me in the future. That day will come when there will be a global authority to formulate guidelines and safeguards on how the internet can be self-regulating. The organization should provide a blend of integrity, value and authority to make global e-business and technologies more efficient by facilitating the development of systems that include a variety of approaches in dealing with harmful and illegal content. Private sector leadership (software producers, systems engineers, internet service providers, corporations) should be involved and must play a key role in the development of this self-regulatory body.
The change that will affect my lifestyle the most will be when the internet will be used to control; say medical equipment to carry out medical operations remotely, using the internet as the transport. Surgery, routine physicals and dentists" appointments will be accomplished without making a trip to the doctor's or dentist's office. My family and I will be able to receive the range of specialist medical attention that is usually available only in large city hospitals and medical centers from a remote location far out in the country.
