Facts About The Dark Side of the Internet
The internet is all around us. This is, indeed, a good chunk of its power. Because the internet is everywhere (in our phones, streetlights, and microwaves), it helps to make our modern world go.
But all that ubiquity does have a bit of a drawback: most people never consider that the internet may have a dark side.
Internet Facts
43. Traffic
Approximately 3.2 billion people use the internet.
1.7 billion of those users are from Asian countries.
For reference, by the way, Facebook claims to have about 2 billion monthly active users. Which means that, for all intents and purposes, about 2/3rds of the internet is using Facebook on a consistent basis.
All of which means you could make a serious case that Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most powerful people who has ever lived. After all, he controls the most massive communication network in human history.
42. Incognito
30,000 websites are hacked every day. While most of these hackers play simple pranks (like hiding a joke on the website or rearranging menu items) some have very malicious intentions... like stealing user data or credit card numbers.
So as if you needed another reminder: make sure your antivirus is up to date! I mean, let's be honest, a motivated, tech-savvy hacker will probably find a way around it anyway... but at the very least you'll be putting up a fight.
Then again, you can always use my fail-safe strategy... If you make your credit score bad enough, and refuse to keep any money whatsoever in your bank account, hackers will skip out on stealing your identity altogether. Heck, if you're lucky, they might feel so bad for you they'll find a way to add money to your account.
41. Wikihow?
The internet is already the deepest collection of human wisdom (and terrible memes... and ridiculous photos) the world has ever seen—and it's only getting bigger.
For example, Wikipedia (the closest thing to a modern Alexandrian library) publishes 600 edits every 60 seconds.
