Deb Shinder Of The Tech Republic: Article Analysis

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The Internet crimes can often overlap between fraud and other crimes. Because of these overlapping crimes it is important the there is communication and cooperation between our own agencies and international agencies.

Today people of authority are experiencing a new wave of crime, transforming how criminals are using technology to invent new crimes and rewriting the traditional methods of how crimes were once committed (PERF, 2018). Due to many advances in technology it’s becoming easier for criminals to gain information on how to commit numerous illegal acts whilst remaining anonymous, this is making it harder for people in a position of authority to find the culprit as there is only little evidence (PERF, 2018). To prove that cyber crime is becoming more popular as there were almost three hundred thousand reports of people being victimised on the internet during 2016 (PERF, 2018), This shows that crime is becoming more based on online acts and it is seen as a fast and convenient way to harm and abuse the justice system as it is extremely easy to access without the added risk of risking their identity, The rise of internet based crimes is obvious in every day use as mostly everyone has a computer or a device that is connected to the internet although due to the existing systems of measuring crimes were created for felonies committed in a psychical form not over the internet as it is becoming harder for police and other authoritarians to create any new developments regarding minimising the new crime

Overlapping jurisdictions is a challenge to agencies fighting cyber-crime due to fluctuating state and country laws. An act that's illegal in one place may not be against the law in another. This complicates things if the perpetrator is residing in an area where his actions are not illegal but is a crime in the area where the victim resides.

Just in the last decade, there has been a 29% increase in crimes committed against residents and a 22% increase for business losses due to online crimes (Meyer). Another large issue with technology is that they monitor an individualś every move, for example, a phone company, AT&T, was monitoring their customers phones to be able to “use your individual Web browsing information, like the search terms you enter and the Web pages you visit, to tailor ads and offers to your interests” (Silverman 282). Although the increase in such crimes can potentially cause many issues and obstacles for an individual, they do not physically harm anyone. Such crimes as internet fraud and any other crime that can be committed online, are all fixable and can be prevented. There are security systems that can help protect against frauds and prevent any more from occurring, which makes this issue much less crucial to stop. It is also possible to contact police and bankers to stop this from occurring and they can help you regain all of your losses. The government also has the NSA, the National Security Agency, to monitor all internet movements, which helps stop many of these issues. New technology has helped prevent an immense amount of street crimes, that without the internet, would have only continued to rise, while millions of people would have continued to be murdered.

According to the Assistant Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Thomas T. Kubic addressed members of the Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection in 2001 on behalf of the entire Bureau and stated the effort to reduce crime has been a high priority (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2001). In Kubic’s testimony, he mentioned many valid points such as: cyber-crimes are virtual crimes which made them hard to prosecute and they also cause a great amount of damage. Research shows that internet users in the U.S. reached approximately 65 million in 1998 and over 100 million in 1999 and it is expected to exceed 200 million this year (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2001). Cyber-crime is known to be nebulous therefore it if difficult to address if there has been a crime committed and what

When it comes to prosecuting crimes when overlapping jurisdiction is involved is determining if the crime, is in fact a crime in both jurisdictions. Another challenge, once evidence is collected in one jurisdiction; the evidence may be mishandled, due to not properly storing the evidence. Therefore, it will not be able to use to properly bring charges in another jurisdiction, resulting in charges being dismissed. To help combat these problems, organizing a task force specifically for handling computer crimes and working with other state and federal law officials to successfully bring charges. Also, remembering that stopping cyber crime is the ultimate

In the other hand the justice system can not effectively deal with Cyber-crime and terrorism. I believe they

Law enforcement agencies, especially at the state and local levels, are in the process of getting their hands around cybercrime enforcement. Although federal agencies have the laws, training and resources to pursue enforcement of cybercrime, they only can only address the biggest, high dollar cases.

The agencies employed by governments to police the web in order to protect the vulnerable have seen an increase in child pornography and online fraud. The speed at which information can be distributed and the number of people that can be reached attracts those that are intent on causing harm. The term “cybercrime” is becoming more widely used. The financial gains that can be made and the anonymity the internet can provide, make the virtual world of cyberspace a haven for criminals. Although the internet has huge benefits for information gathering and social networking, in the wrong hands it can cause harm to the vulnerable and criminals are able to vanish into the underground with the use of false identities that are hard to track online.

Cyber Crime is described as criminal activity committed via use of electronic communications with respect to cyber fraud or identity theft through phishing and spoofing. There are many other forms of cyber-crime also such as harassment, pornography etc. via use of information technology.

Cyber crime and traditional crime have similar identifiable traits when criminal activity is the outcome. The goal of any criminal is to cause harm, threat steal, extortion, to name a few with intent to harm the public good. Local and state law prosecutes traditional crimes through the state attorney. The prosecutor represents the people(entity) of the state. The defendant or the entity charged must prove to the state, by reasonable doubt, their innocent’s of the charges. Individuals that are charged with a crime have the option of hearing their case in front of a judge or a jury. The prosecution can also offer the defendant a plea bargain deal. These deals usually lessen the punishment while also rendering a guilty verdict

Therefore in both cases the extent that the computer is used as a tool or instrument to commit a crime determines the proof of culpability. The actus reus of the computer crime is its content. Relating this to cybercrimes lies in the communication means through which the crime was committed that is; the internet and the connectivity of computers. Therefore the crime committed through the use of the internet connectivity, primarily qualifies the offence as if the offence concerned relates to tangible property. The definition of what constitutes a computer crime varies from country to country. There is no universally accepted definition . In practice the two similar category of crime have been treated as two separate form of crime. Some Commonwealth countries, follow the United Kingdom in legislating new laws to deal with computer crime and existing laws to deal with cybercrime and modifying the existing law to accommodate the ever evolving technological development and appropriate enforcement mechanisms. The modification of existing laws does not always occur at the same rate as the technology that facilitates the crime leading to ‘a lost in translation phenomenon’ making the new law either antiquated or inadequate for the crime for which it was initially modified to deal with.

This basically tells us about how the entities who are breaking the establishment cyber laws can come under the criminal actions based upon their actions.

Netiquette refers to internet etiquette. This simply means the use of good manners in online communication such as e-mail, forums, blogs, and social networking sites to name a few. It is important to use netiquette because communication online is non-verbal. Most often online communication consists of reading something someone else has taped. This type of communication does not allow each person to see facial expressions, body language, or her intonation. Because of this, messages can often be misinterpreted. By following netiquette, online communication becomes clearer. Especially in business and career related online communications netiquette should be used to ensure that correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation are put in place to project professionalism. Netiquette also includes the use of emoticons such as   and others to explain an emoticon. In e-mail, netiquette means not flooding someone’s inbox with forwarded messages or spam mail. Following netiquette will