Explain how the Internet has aided criminal activity. The internet has aided criminal activity by communicating with each other without having to be near, as well as fraud and identity theft. The rise of the Internet over the last decade has paralleled some of the greatest milestones in communications history. Along with such great strides in bringing the world together, the frightening aspect of accessing information and propaganda that tests the very limits of the U.S. Constitution has arrived. Above all, the Internet is used to commit against persons that include various crimes like transmission of child-pornography, harassment of any one with the use of a computer such as e-mail. The trafficking, distribution, posting, and dissemination of obscene material including pornography and indecent exposure, constitutes one of the most important criminal activity known today. With just a few keystrokes, an individual can have access to all forms of personal information, bomb-making instructions, and poison recipes; and a plethora of extremist ideologies expressing everything from radical religious cults to clandestine organized crime groups.…
Cyberspace has been traditionally defined as the exchange of information and communication from one person to another in completely different geographical locations (Britz, 2013, p.3). According to Britz cyberspace was defined as “the place between places” (Britz, 2013, p.3). Therefore, cyberspace represents the cloud where emails, calls, and, text messages must pass through before making it to its final destination. Cyberspace has been used since traditional communication devices were first introduced (Britz, 2013, p.3). Approximately half of the United States have used the Internet as a medium (Britz, 2013, p.3). However, with the wave of the Internet, criminals found new ways to commit crimes with less risk of getting caught. According to Britz computer crime, computer-related crimes, digital crimes, and cybercrime must be studied in order to understand technological and electronic crimes (Britz, 2013, p.3).…
1.How does the citizenship status of the criminal in the case impact the ability to adhere to procedural due process? Be sure to include whether the criminal has dual citizenship. How does this affect the ability to apprehend and charge the criminal?…
The range of falsehood on the Net will keep on multiplying until the Internet is entirely controlled, which appears to be far-fetched if not incomprehensible soon, also undesirable. The best insurance one can have against deception is to embrace a discriminating position toward all data on the Web.…
Robbery, rape, homicide, etc. are being joined by another threat. The increase in popularity of the Internet over the years has resulted in the creation of a new type of crime, cybercrime. With that, came along a new concern: the need for safety and surveillance on the Internet. This has created a certain type of Panoptic society and displays the way in which people are subject to behave when they know that a higher power such as the Federal Government and even local law enforcement agencies have the ability to access their information via computer systems. Cybercrime can be defined in many ways whether it’s money laundering, bullying, fraud, or stalking.…
The rise of issues such as cyberbullying and sexting is predominantly found within adolescent groups and is a large concern regarding the use of technology. These offences can have devastating effects on the individuals involved, as well as severe consequences for being the offender in question. As a result it is apparent that technology issues, such as the ones mentioned in the article, and the legal implications involved, can have extreme impacts on individuals.…
Controversy over Internet Police has raged on since the creation of the internet. Several have thought that not policing the internet has led to numerous crimes such as theft, illegal transactions, and cyber bullying. But a majority, in defence, claim that such policing could revoke us from our rights as citizens of the United States. Cases as such tend to lean more to the side of not policing the Internet. We believe that as well.…
It has been a routine that when someone needs something, he or she can proceed to the Internet for his or her need to be catered. But on the other side of the Internet, crimes after crimes spread. Anything that takes place in cyberspace, or all electronic or internet means of communication can potentially produce cyber victims. A Cybercriminal use the computer as their object…
The internet is a worldwide system of computers that are connected to one another. It is a public, cooperative, uncensored and self-sustaining facility (Harris, 2007) and more than two billion people have access to the system. White (2006) states that it is an “information superhighway” and part of the “global village” (p. 83). The internet’s sinister side is full of uncensored pornography and recipes for bomb making. However the internet is also used for educational information and social and practical issues of the community. This essay will describe a concern which has become a problem for users of the internet, how it has become a concern, why it is a concern and who suffers as a result of this concern.…
Explain how the Internet has aided criminal activity. The internet has aided criminal activity by communicating with each other without having to be near, as well as fraud and identity theft. The rise of the Internet over the last decade has paralleled some of the greatest milestones in communications history. Along with such great strides in bringing the world together, the frightening aspect of accessing information and propaganda that tests the very limits of the U.S. Constitution has arrived. With just a few keystrokes, an individual can have access to all forms of pornography, bomb-making instructions, and poison recipes and a plethora of extremist ideologies expressing everything from radical religious cults to clandestine organized crime groups.…
This article by Mannix, Locy, Clark, Smith, Perry, McCoy…Kaplan (2000) titled The Web’s Dark Side discusses the not-so-popular side of surfing the internet, referred to as cyberspace–a rather outdated nickname–and plays out a week online with examples various crimes and misdemeanors, swindles, thefts, perils and problems of the internet. The types of crimes and wrongdoings is vast, and many various types of crimes are detailed with accounts of individuals, what crimes were committed, how it came about, and sometimes the outcome. The material demonstrates how fast the world of the Internet has developed: written thirteen years ago, it already hints of a day long ago, and therefore is enjoyable reading for the comparison of matters today. At the time it was breakthrough technology. If re-written, it could apply to today as well.…
Computer ethics is a set of moral guidelines of what users should and shouldn’t do when using computers. Through the vast progression of computer, technology and the internet in the last decade, use of computers has had more of an impact on society and there have been a lot of common concerns raised in regards to computing ethics such as; intellectual property, privacy and how computer usage has affected society. An examples of intellectual property may be making copies of copyrighted content in electronic format,(such as a song) it may be a quick easy task to do, but one might argue it is unethical to do so without the owner’s permission. An example of privacy may be accessing one’s personal information on a computer system. A more controversial example of intellectual property may be for one to protect their computer program or code. One may argue that code is not intellectual property as it’s ideas which aren’t owned by anyone but another may argue that it is intellectual property as it is user generated content. There are many complexities in computer ethics, in comparison to real life situations, stealing a physical CD from a high street store is legally and ethically wrong, however when one torrents a mp3 file from the internet, one may deem that is ethical, providing the user is not copying and selling it. The BCS Code of Conduct is the rules and professional standards (which are usually stricter than in the law) set by the British Computer Society (who is the awarding bodies for accrediting IT qualifications) for professional IT members to follow. Breaches of the Code of Conduct can result in expulsion from membership. (Which in turn renders one’s qualifications useless as it won’t be recognised) The…
The Internet is one of the biggest and innovative inventions of the twenty first century. It is considered the largest source of information and as such it is practically limitless. However, along with all the useful and educational knowledge which can be found in the cyberspace, there are also many other sources of information which are considered harmful, corrupting and degenerative, especially to a younger audience. In different parts of the world, governments react differently to this new invention. While in more democratic countries full access and almost no restrictions are introduced, in other communist and dictatorship countries it is completely banned or fully supervised by the national authorities. It can be said that the Internet is everywhere, children start to use it at a younger and younger age, thus becoming potential victims to the inappropriate information available to them. Along with the aforementioned the Internet is used as a way to break the law by using torrent sites and committing piracy and plagiarism; because of that some governmental supervision is required to ensure the protection of the population and copyrights of performers.…
Lets take the most common example of Internet known as the fastest medium to communicate and research, even advancing in the section of distance learning. As everyone in any part of the world are well aware of the advantages which the mankind has for using the internet which can now be used for reporting theft on websites like www.reporttheft.com, for distance learning, online air ticket booking like www.southwest.com, online buying and bidding for example on www.ebay.com or www.amazon.com but the cons of the technology is the fact that now it is used for attacking computerized snooping, stealing, and lying while trying to show the way to moral behavior in the on-line world.…
Introduction The Internet and other communication technologies build cyber-bridges across (and between) nations, cultures, communities and businesses. Verbal and visual images of world events such as the 11th September, 2001 bombings in the US (which for many is seen as a watershed and after which life may never be quite the same again), the tidal wave of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the more recent Madrid bombing in March 2004 were communicated across the world in a matter of minutes. Likewise, it has a darker side when terrorists and other miscreants determined on undesirable or coercive behaviour are also known to have capitalised on technology’s connectivity. In the workplace, there is an increasing, almost obsessive, fear of industrial espionage and employee betrayal. Against this backdrop of rising environmental uncertainty and turbulence, Demb and Neubauer’s (1992)…