Since confidentiality is an issue, smartphone transmissions signals can be hacked by accidental broadcast. Third party snooping, can hack blue tooth signals that transmit confidential information. Stolen phones create a threat to business and the community through fraud. Training employees can be a measure to minimize the risks that poses a threat to cell phones. Some measures to help in information security could be aimed to data encryption, passwords, software, network security solutions and service companies offering voice encryption.
For example, cell phones and laptops can be used to retrieve and send information to anywhere at any time of the day. In addition, the use of broadband assists the criminal justice system with mobile data such as mug shots, fingerprints, and reports. Agencies even have hot spots so officers can upload important documents such as reports, and retrieve, or report incidents (Dispatch magazine on-line, n.d). A few of the benefits for mobile data terminal are the radios are secure, for example, the radios cannot be
While the internet plays an essential role in everything we do, computers have created new ways to take advantage of technology for criminal deeds. For example, hackers have the ability to steal millions of credit card numbers through the illegal access of a data base. Through online sharing networks, pedophiles distribute child pornography throughout the internet. Others can distribute viruses to computers if only for the sake of perversity and spitefulness. Not any one company or agency can successfully fight cybercrime alone, cooperation has to be the key to succeed.
With this information in hand servers know to block the cellular signal in the car preventing drivers from being distracted by their cell phones. This article was chosen as I feel like using ones phone and driving is something most people are in one way or another guilty of and thus in some way could relate
Another way criminals use Facbook is a way to commit cyber-crime by profile cloning. Criminals will take images from a users account as well as private information and re-create a profile. Once this is complete the hacker can request to be friends with everyone that was on the victim’s friends list. Anyone who accepts the friend request from the cloned profile is a target as well. Internet security analysts warn that Facebook is a hotbed for online crime (Sauter et al.,
• Even more seriously they may be groomed by individuals or paedophile rings that use the internet and mobile technology to identify and target potential victims. Sexual predators may use fake information to get close to children or young people i.e. a false name, age and information. Dr Tanya Byron outlined in her 2008 report ‘Safer
Advancements in technology have revolutionized the way we as a society communicate and function. Most of us don’t think much about it, but the truth is that people are being watched, tracked and monitored more today than at any other time in human history. Camera’s play an important role in keeping our society under surveillance. All these technologies
How have cell phones affected the lives of American citizens? “Mobile phone Tracking Scrutinized” by Nikki Swartz is somewhat of an informational article based on the ability to track citizens through their cell phone. The author starts out by informing the reader that wireless technology companies, along with the government, can track their whereabouts through their cell phone. Apparently, the cell phones give off a signal which is received by the cell towers nearby. The author goes on to inform the reader by saying that even if the cell phone is turned off; it will still communicate with the towers about the phone’s position.
An example of social network is Facebook, where people post personal information about themselves. Often, without modifying privacy settings and making information being visible by others. However, to protect ourselves from outsiders, we can simply go to privacy setting and change the audience to family and closest friends. Hackers are “people who gain unauthorized access to computers or networks” (Williams & Sawyer, 2013, p. 359). They break into our computer for several reasons but mainly to acquire personal information for financial gain, shut down hardware, steal people’s credit information, and destroy data.
This is done to prevent a terrorist from using a student status as a cover-up to allow admittance to this country with the intention to commit acts of terrorism. There are many different surveillance methods that the government uses to spy on terrorist suspects, including email, financial records, and store receipts. But, one of the most common methods of surveillance that the government uses is roving wiretaps. This is tapping into phone calls. “The government says roving wiretaps are needed to deal with technologically sophisticated terrorists.” (Abramson & Godoy) But, one of the negatives of wiretapping is that the government might make an excuse for using it to monitor terrorism with the real intention to spy on foreign