Saturday, December 18, 2010

The Internet.

I like using the Internet for research. If I'm curious about a certain topic, I usually hit up Wikipedia to see what it has to say. But I recently heard a rumour that anyone (yes, anyone) can edit anything on Wikipedia. So if I don't like what Wikipedia has to say about something, all I have to do is hit the edit button and make a change. Ridiculous! This changes everything, you see, because Wikipedia is one of the most used sites on the Internet, and it can be changed. This begs the question, what else can be easily tapped into and changed? I remember my grandparents had the Encyclopedia Britannica when I was a kid. Obviously, if I wanted to make a change I'd have to grab some white out. And I would know it was changed! People of note are using Wikipedia in their everyday research to decide things for our country, the world, and whatever else. And... it might be a flat out lie that somebody changed. How do you like that? I think I might go and invest in an old encyclopedia just like my grandparents had. It also changes my views on the Internet as a whole. I might sound paranoid, but if that much access is granted without some form of security, then we've all been duped! Think about it.