Crime On The Internet - Nowhere Is Safe

The concept of Yin and Yang in the Chinese culture is extremely relevant for most things that w come across. With the good that comes with any new advancement or science, there is also the bad that one has to handle. The factories make good products for us but also ruin our environment. Toxic wastes pollute the water we drink and air that we breathe. Living with the bad that comes with the good has become a part of modern day living.

Similar to all the other advancement in technology, the personal computer also has it shades of black and white. With the personal computer becoming more accessible and affordable for everyone, a lot of convenience has been added to our lives. We can shop on the Internet for anything that we want. We do not need to drive down to the bank to deposit checks or even withdraw money. We can type emails and avoid writing snail mails that take forever to reach the recipient.

Life had become too easy for a while and the Internet made it possible for us to achieve all this sitting in the comfort of our homes. But this did not last too long. In came the hackers and the sex offenders and then started the concept of Internet crime. Even though the FBI is forever trying to track down these Internet law breakers, it is almost impossible to track all of them. There are so many of them and anyone with a personal computer and a modem could be a potential hacker or sex offender.

There are people who pose online in compromising situations and then the state-of-the-art technology is used to morph faces and figures making it seem as if the person posing is a celebrity or a famous person. There are others that hack into the system of other people and steal confidential data and information to sell it to competing parties. Many credit card frauds are fought every day but they keep increasing. Cyberspace identities are stolen and in the paperless world that we have attained today a broken password could mean that you have no means of proving who you are.

Given that the Internet brings a whole lot of good things to the world it obviously cannot be shunned. Therefore the best way is to try and prevent Internet crime towards yourself. Be careful of what sites you visit. Ensure you have good firewalls. Monitor the sites that your children visit and make sure to educate them about the hazards of chatting with strangers.