Monday, December 13, 2010
BLOG 3
What is PLANET CRUSH all about??
link :
http://www.planetcrush.org/Planet crush is a website where it help us to find cure for our internet addiction.It also have parent guide for popular game..This website also provide enrichment programme for youth and also plan activity for youth and adult.These website also provide Cyber wellness awareness in letting us know what is right or wrong.
The thing i like about this website is that it provide activity for the youth as it can prevent crime outside and also let the youth know the importance of cyber awareness.========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
What is eGen all about?link : http://www.egen.sg/ or eGen.org.sg
This website is more into uploading of your personal things where you can share you thought and picture to the member of this webpage.Here also you can voice out your opinion and if you are feeling sad,angry or frustrated ,you can just press the chat icon where they will be people that will listen to all your trouble and will try to counsel you as much so that you will feel better and avoid any physical or mentally damage to yourself.
The thing i like about this website is that we can voice out all our trouble and they will be someone that are willing to listen to all your trouble and share with some of their personal experience so that we will not go the same path as they went thru..++++++++++++++++++++++++++=================================What is this website all about??link :
http://www.camp.org.sg/page.aspx/0/HOMEThe National Addictions Management Service (NAMS) was incorporated in Aug 2008. Located at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), NAMS includes the Specialist Outpatient Clinic C (SOC C) as its outpatient arm, and the inpatient Serenity Centre, which provides residential detoxification and rehabilitation.
NAMS treats problem gambling and other behavioural addictions (internet, gaming, etc), and substance addictions (alcohol and drugs). Services include:
•Assessment and treatment of addictive disorders by a multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, counsellors, psychologists, and social workers
•Individual, group and family therapy
•Public education talks
•Training for health care and social service professionals
•Community liaison to develop services and programmes
•Addictions Research
The thing i like about this website is that they tell us about the cure of problem
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Various Cyber Crimes That Has Been Committed
Cybercrime can take the form of cyber stalking, where they follow you around into various chat rooms and harass you online. This can also be things like a hacker taking control of your
computer or someone stealing your identity online. Everything can be destroyed by cyber criminals. They can wipe entire hard drives, steal your entire life and everything about it and essentially just mess with your entire world.
How can you protect yourself from
becoming a victim of cyber crime?
To prevent criminals from reaching your personal computer it is important to have a good antivirus protection program in place as well as a firewall. Ensure you use spyware programs and of course that you keep up on all the security updates for these programs as well.
Protect your personal information. Although many now have pictures and their entire lives posted on blogs and other sites, they are playing in dangerous waters. Criminals can locate everything about you from something as simple as your email address. So, simply put, minimize the information you provide online. Don't give out vital information like your Social Security Number or anything else unless you trust the source and their use for that information.
When shopping online, always ensure that you are using secure sites for your e-commerce transactions and payments.
Password protect everything, and do not use the obvious birth date or mailing address or any other simple to guess password. Pick up instead a program like roboform that will generate randomized letter and number combinations that are not associated with anything in your life.
Crimes Committed
Some of the many crimes that are regularly committed with the facilitation of the Internet are child pornography, fraud, the sell and purchase of illegal guns or drugs, or other material that are protected by copyright. In the worst cases, cyber crimes can result in child abduction and molestation, and physical harm to victims. These heinous crimes have forced lawmakers and legislators to look long at hard at the state of crimes in relation to the Internet, and what laws are in effect to protect and prevent such crimes from harming those at risk.
Computer crimes can be broken
down into three categories:
1."Hacking" into someone's computer for the purpose of stealing by taking complete control over the information contained within, or gaining control over someone's computer in an effort to sabotage information or mess up the flow of information or crash the server.
2. Criminals use computers as ways to keep up with illegal contacts, such as drug dealers. A person who steals identities may use the computer to store stolen passwords, credit card info, and other sensitive information in furtherance of an illegal act.
3. The other way in which criminals utilize the computer to further illegal acts is through the act of communication. Email accounts on a computer can be used to set up any number of unlawful acts.
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Various Penalties For Cyber Crimes
The most frequent type of online wrongdoing is identity fraud. This takes place when anybody creates a web page (or sends a mass email directing people to their web page) in the hopes that the victim will provide his or her personal information, like bank card data or SSN. The person or agency responsible for the fraud then uses your credit card for transactions, or in the case of bank-based cards, empty your account. This could also occur if you unconsciously acquired a computer virus from a web page or e-mail add-on. You'll want to be cautious prior to getting any type of attachment from an unfamiliar site, and find some type of virus protection on your system. Additionally, keep clear of all unsolicited business enterprise proposals from those you do not recognize. These are nearly always a hoax, and people found in charge of developing and releasing viruses may get jail time.
- Theft of telecommunications services is generally a misdemeanor and carries a fine with minimal jail time. Illegally intercepting communication is a Class D felony punishable by 1 to 5 years in prison and a fine.
- The penalty for illegally accessing a computer system ranges from 6 months to 5 years. The penalty for the unofficial modification on a computer ranges from 5 to 10 years.
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