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Revenge Effect

When technology has the opposite effect of the purpose for which it was created. Examples include cancer treatments that induce new forms of cancer, or automated security systems that flood response centers with false alarms, thereby reducing the effectiveness of actual security.

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Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences. By Edward Tenner.