Protect Yourself from Internet Crime

1560 Words4 Pages

Protect Yourself from Internet Crime

Internet crime is very prevalent in our society of computers and electronics. Young children are being stalked through email and chat programs, users of all age are being harassed, young children are being involved with pornography in ways they never should be, and copyrights are being broken by media download programs such as the early Napster. With an increasing number of these crimes being committed we, as Internet users need to crack down on these cyber criminals. There are plenty of ways to avoid these crimes, most involving common sense and a little caution. However, sometimes it takes someone to teach or remind you of these practical ways to avoid Internet criminals. In this short paper you will be warned of the different types of Internet crime, shown a real life example that could happen to anyone, and also be taught some ways to prevent these crimes from happening to you.

Among the many types of Internet crime, some are more common and serious than others. Those are some of the ones that will be exhibited in this paper. Crimes such as: computer intrusion, password trafficking, copyright piracy, data transfer theft, misuse of computer time, computer output theft, desktop forgery, wrongful programming, child pornography, Internet fraud and harassment.

Computer intrusion is "an unauthorised access by any person using a computer and any other communications device to break computer security or circumvent it to enter into a computer system (www.mlj.com)." In a more common lingo this is where someone who does not have permission to access your personal files, emails, etc. accesses them for some sort of personal gain.

Pas...

... middle of paper ...

...s a good place to start before getting too involved with the Internet. Any user can be safe on the Internet if they use their common sense and remain cautious. For more information on these types of crime, other crimes, and more prevention methods, look up the websites cited on the Works Cited page.

Works Cited

AVSANDS. "Types of Computer Crimes." http://www.avsands.com/Computers/typescomputerc_sbf_av.htm. 2001 by PageWise, Inc.

Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. "How to Report Internet Related Crime." http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/reporting.htm. December 6, 2002.

MLJ. "Internet Crimes." http://www.mlj.com.my/articles/beldeu2.htm. Beldeu Singh, Annette John.

TechTV CyberCrime. "Kenya Kidnapping." http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/internetfraud/story/0,23008,3396768,00.html. Chris Anderson. September 16, 2002.

More about Protect Yourself from Internet Crime

Open Document