We are living in a highly developed world,Technology rules everything.As the technology goes forward , myths about technology are spreading more rapidly.Here we are going to discuss some of those myths in detail...
1) Charging your phone overnight will damage your battery!!
This is one of the main tech myth that we believe.Everyone needs their phone to be charged fully, but no one is ready to charge it overnight just because we think that it may damage our phone's battery. This myth was actually true in the old ages, when phones used Nickel based batteries.Nickel based batteries have a cyclic memory property.If they haven't given a full charge in between cycles there is a tendency for the battery to forget actual capacity of the battery and remember last charged threshold as the maximum capacity.So, when they were charged excess there is a possibility of damaging the battery.
But now, the technology used in batteries have changed(from 2000 onwards).Today every mobile phone battery is made of Lithium ions instead of Nickel.Fortunately, Lithium batteries don't have the cyclic memory issue.So, YES we can charge our phones overnight.
2) USB Drives should be removed safely!!
"YOU MUST SAFELY REMOVE USB DRIVE BEFORE UNPLUGGING".You may have heard this many times in your life.Windows and similar operating systems have introduced 'SAFELY REMOVE' feature for USB drives in their initial versions itself.Most of the people think that this was introduced just because simply unplugging a USB device may damage it.This is actually a myth.Operating systems have introduced this feature to prevent the user from unplugging USB drive while the drive is currently in use ( Like Copying, Writing, Reading,etc.).If the user removes USB devices without OS permission while the drive is in use, there is a possibility of damaging data.That is why Operating systems have introduced Safely Remove option.This will simply alert the user whether the drive is in use or not.Actually, the user can simply unplug the USB device if it is not in use.
3)Rooting or Jailbreaking is illegal!!
Most of the mobile users are familiar with the word Rooting and Jailbreaking.If you are not familiar, Rooting and Jailbreaking is the process for getting Superuser permission in Android and iOS respectively.Most of the users think that Rooting and Jailbreaking are illegal.This is a myth.There is nothing illegal in Rooting and Jailbreaking.You are fully free to do them.What makes it illegal is the things we do after rooting.Using these devices for duplicating and manipulating Copyrighted content, hacking, etc. makes it illegal.Then, Why are you waiting?Go, explore your device.
4) Linux Distributions are Virus Free!!
This is one of the major tech myths of all time.You may have many friends who have suggested you to use Linux Distros so that you can have a virus free environment.It is true that Linux is more protected than Windows.But it is not virus free.A virus is a malware program(piece of code) that may exploit your data without your permission. Linux can also be infected with the virus. You may have heard of Ransomware recently. Ransomware is a kind of virus that will lock down your data, denying your access to your data. Ransomware was capable of affecting Linux based operating systems. Also, 80% of web servers run on Linux Server operating system.Website hacking is actually a virus activity in Web Servers.So, yes Linux is not completely virus free.
5) Emptying Trash will wipe all your data!!
Many of you have thought that deleting a file and Emptying Trash will wipe all your data from the device.No, it won't.In the case of a PC, permanent data are stored in hard disks. Hard disk uses a magnetic disk to save data.This magnetic disk is split into Sectors. When you delete a file, the file will be moved to a specific location on the hard disk, the sector in which file was stored will be set as empty while the data actually resides in that sector.Since this sector is set as empty any other data can be overwritten to this sector. When you click on Empty Trash, operating system forgets the sector in which file is saved from its memory.This doesn't mean that the data is fully wiped out.There are many techniques for recovering the data from disk drives.Even if the data is overwritten, there are tools to recover them.
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