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ing a wide availability of information through smart devices.

In addition to this, smart devices have encroached upon people’s privacy.  For in-

stance, last year a child in America was unknowingly filmed by his classmate while 

performing an embarrassing dance routine.  After the video was uploaded, this child 

suffered extreme teasing, which ultimately led him to develop a mental disorder.  As 

this shows, the exchanging of information through smart devices is not always a 

positive thing.

As the above makes clear, the access smartphones have to vast amounts of infor-

mation poses some drawbacks.  It is predicted that these weaknesses will continue 

to grow in size and scale into the foreseeable future.

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