Online Shopping

Do you like to shop online? Shopping online is the best way to save our time and money. Almost everybody has a job, so they become too busy sometimes. Sometimes we drive far away to get something but we can’t find it. So, shopping online saves our gasoline. Also, shopping online is cheaper than in stores because we buy the stuff without tax. However, shopping online has some risks. Your credit card number or your account number can be stolen. “Online shopping has become a convenient alternative to the traditional brick-and-mortar store. It has provided a method of easily finding what you're looking for or the best price without ever leaving your home, yet still some consumers still shy away because they believe it's too risky” (Ball, 2008, para 1).

People always like to have low price and good quality while buying their stuff. Of course, they can find it online. But what if we hear someone talk about how this thing can be dangerous? We will be not sure if we will buy online or not because we don’t want to be challenged with our money. But now, we have a high technology process, which can make our credit card very safe.
First, people think that hackers can steal the money very easily from our credit card while we are shopping. But, some companies make their shopping program have very high security. We never like to lose our money. “In fact online shopping has is quite safe, as long as you follow precautions…..the majority of identity theft occurred off-line with criminals intercepting mail or skimming data from carelessly discarded credit card receipts, according to the director of the FTC’s bureau of consu
mer protection” (Ball, 2008, para 1).

On the other hand, using credit card is very dangerous. People feel very angry when someone steals their money, because humans don’t like to lose their money. In our world, some people like to get money very easily even if this way is illegal. So, sometimes people are right to scared. “(Y)es, your credit card information can be stolen. Yes, it’s possible for this to escalate into a case of identity theft…..I’m here to tell you that yes, you can shop the internet safely, if you use your head” (Epinion.com, 2008, para2).

Finally, even if people in the past didn’t have technology as we have now, their money was safer than it is this time. Now, movies are playing a big role in teaching younger people how to steal money with technology. Younger people are stealing money just for fun now. They just have passion to do what they watch in the movies without knowing the risks of the government. ”A former master forger who became an anti-fraud consultant-to the FBI for 31 years and on whom the film “Catch Me If You Can”, …., was based- says the (S)hell incident forms part of a major technology driven crime wave….” (Nicholls, 2006, para. 5).

In conclusion, people can easily have quick and protected shopping. It can provide a lot of benefits. It is dangerous sometimes. Many people lose their money from their stolen credit cards. Most of hackers are children and teenagers. They learn how to steal money from the T.V. without knowing how dangerous it is.

References
Ball, G. (2008, April 15). Is using a credit card for purchases safe? Retrieved December 3, 2008, from http://www.bsu.edu/security/article/0,1384,86674-5031-17009,00.html

Epinions.com. (2008, October 20). Five tips for safe online shopping. Retrieved December 3, 2008, from http://www.epinion.com/finc-review-2A3E-12E6A23-39F00E0A-prod1

Nichollos, T. (2006, January 3). Stay safe while shopping online. Retrieved December 3, 2008, from Majon Zntemetinal.