El Salvador, a country known by its good and bad aspects that its inhabitants face every single day, may not be a reputable producer of new technologies stuff. However, according to the website «El Salvador News«, El Salvador is the third country in Central America with more access to the Internet, and the number of its users is about 3.7 million according to the Internet World Stats (IWS). Also, the majority of these users who manage any technological device connected to the internet are young people. With these numbers stated, El Salvador has been considered one of the main countries in which access to the internet has been seen so important. In addition, these people make use of laptops, computers, smartphones, tablets, and other technological devices, but few people are really aware of the pros and cons of technology in El Salvador.

Because of the high number of users, everyone can infer how important the good access to the Internet and technology, in general, is for students, professionals, and others. Salvadorans could not deny that technology in their daily lives is more than important. Due to the fact that technology and its usage bring more opportunities to people who look for ways to be communicated, entertained, educated, and informed, big companies such as Claro, Tigo, Movistar, and Digicel offer several Internet services. That is why these companies have grown up and many more people are getting access to their services. This data could reflect how technology impacts every Salvadoran user in a positive way.

Every internet user in El Salvador is conscious about the pros of the technology. One of the main benefits is the easy communication that people living in this country can have not only with the ones living in the same country, but also with the ones living in other countries such as the United States and Canada, that are the countries in which Salvadorans that have immigrated live. Therefore, the facilitation and exchange of the information is another benefit that technology offers. Students in the past were not beneficiated in any way because their reality to get access to the information consisted of looking for books and articles in libraries. Now, every student who wants to search for information about any topic can easily type it in the computer or any device in a few minutes.

Although technology in the country may look like a million dollars, but not all that glitter is gold because the reality is that it also has many cons that might affect users in different ways. Technology and its use can be related to time-consuming. People and especially young people spend between 4 and 5 hours in their phones or computers connected to the internet. Another factor is that people may not be aware of cybersecurity. Salvadorans use to share about their personal information without thinking if this action should be stopped in a country that is estimated one of the world’s highest homicide rates according to the website “Human Rights Watch”, and where crimes such as extortion, sexual abuse, banditry, and delinquency are so common.

While being defined as the result of knowledge and application, Technology has been the number one invention whose intention is to impact lives and in this case, Salvadorans lives are not the exception. Due to its pros and cons, Technology is also the main topic to discuss in many societies, but the certain point is that El Salvador is the third country which promotes the use of it, and this information is reflected in the number of users the country still has. For all the above, it seems that Salvadorans considered that technology and its usefulness are the solution to their problems and the answer to their doubts since they are also the simple way to get communication, information, entertainment, education, and many more benefits through several technological devices.