The Good: http://www.wired.com/2014/05/zynga-games-for-good/
Zynga the company behind social games such as Farmville has quietly been raising money for charity using its charity branch Zynga.org. To raise the money they utilize in game purchases. Since their launch in 2009 Zynga has raised over 17 million dollars and is poised to cross the 20 million mark this year. I believe this shows the good side of web use, video games usually hold negative connotations in peoples minds, Zynga however found a way to create a lot of good using their programs. They have helped thousands of people just by having people play games.
The Bad: http://www.wired.com/2014/04/traffic-lights-hacking/
It has now been found that hackers have the ability to break into the operating systems of a city's traffic grid. Once inside these systems hackers would be able too stop traffic to a standstill and even reroute cars. I believe this could cause an extreme issue in many major cities in the U.S. and cause wide scale mayhem. While it may not be life threatening it could still extremely disrupt an entire city.
The Ugly: http://www.wired.com/2014/04/hospital-equipment-vulnerable/
A recent study conducted on medical equipment used in a large chain of mid western health facilities has found extreme security flaws within the equipment. According to the study many of the devices could be hacked into and manipulated, such as drug infusion pumps that can be hacked into changing dosages, or defibrillators that can be forced to shock a patient at the hackers command. To me this is an extremely important issue, one group of hackers is all it takes to turn our healthcare system on its head. This is a security flaw that puts peoples lives in danger and is a flaw that could very realistically be exploited.
