Is Technology Making Us Vulnerable To Crime?

This was from a clip on CNN. Marc Goodman: It's tempting to think technology will create a future paradise He warns that all advances can be exploited by criminals, terrorists Goodman: Criminals have kept a step ahead of police in using some technologies He says law enforcement can keep pace by seeking help from vigilant citizensMarc Goodmanis a global security adviser and futurist. He is the founder of the Future Crimes Instituteand serves as Chair of Policy, Law & Ethics at Silicon Valley's Singularity University. He spoke at TED Global in June 2012. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to "Ideas worth spreading," which it makes available through talks posted on its website. (CNN)-- The future of science and technology sounds so promising. Unprecedented advances in computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, genetics, neuroscience and biotechnology hold the potential to radically transform our world for the better and create mass abundance for all. I sincerely want to believe in this techno-utopian vision of things to come, but my work as a police officer and global security strategist working in more than 70 countries around the world has taught me that there is a darker side to these emerging technologies. The criminal underground is highly innovative and often acts as an early adopter of emerging technologies. As a young police officer, I observed gang members and drug dealers using beepers and mobile phones, long before they were in common use by the general public. Today, criminals are even building their own encrypted radio communications networks, such as the nationwide systemdeveloped by narco cartels in Mexico.