Cyberstalking

How can we stop and prevent Cyberstalking from happing to victims? Ever image when you use the web for the social media, searching the web, e-mailing your friends or family members, or using any other electronic communication that someone also watching you what you’re doing without even you knowing. Since technology is growing each and every day, it could bring social life into you with a touch of a fingertip. But it also at the same time it can bring you the nightmare that you will never forget with cyber stalking. In the essay, I will explain what Cyberstalking is and how stalkers stalk their victims and how to stop and prevent Cyberstalking from happing to you or your loved ones that you know. So let’s begin with what is the definition of Cyberstalking? Well, a Cyberstalking are often described as an interchangeably to refer to…

cellphone then the stalker will utilize emails, GPS, or social media websites to acquire the necessary information. Cyberstalking can last for a long time; Kaitlin, a former business analyst, was abused for six years. She recalls her experience, “each time she confronted the colleague about his behaviour, she experienced a backlash via strange activity on her computer, including unauthorised remote desktop control and invasion of her social media networks and software programs” (Rawlinson,…

220). It is estimated that identity theft alone costs businesses and persons in the United States alone 16 billion dollars in 2014 (Harrell 1). This does not account for the money it will take to repair credit histories and increased interest rates for those individuals affected by identity theft. Also, large businesses affected by the hacking, such as Target and Home Depot, pay millions in lawsuits and credit monitoring to affected clients (Garcia 1). Cyberstalking Cyberstalking is merely the…

Since then, cybercrimes have continued to escalate almost triple the amount from almost a decade ago. More than one million women and 370,000 men are stalked annually in the United States which means that one in twelve women and one in forty-five men will be stalked in their lifetimes (Moore, 2006). The average duration of stalking is nearly two years and even longer if the stalking involves intimate partners (Moore, 2006). Females are not the only targets, a survey of 765 students at the…

Abstract— With the advancement in technology, online harassment is also becoming more prevalent. Cyberstalking and cyberbullying are two such social problems where a user is deliberately and persistently abused online. These issues have created new challenges for the detection, and prevention of such phenomenon as it is inadequate to just use the traditional methods such as identification by witnesses and enforcing restraining orders. The cyber stalkers and cyberbullies disguise themselves using…

With the new technologies available in society today, it was just a matter of time before that technology would be used to commit crimes. Internet and networking are common terms in today’s society; some use it for business, to communicate with family and friends or to even find a date, but for some it is a new way to commit crimes and it has become a field of study in itself. Cyber criminals rely on the internet to commit their crimes and as technology changes it only stands to reason…

Bullying can be defined as an act of aggressive act that is intentional, taking force upon someone who cannot defend themselves from an individual or group. Cyberbullying is nearly the same thing as bullying but is done online, using electronic devices such as phones, emails, and social networks. Cyberbullying can happen in innumerable ways, through phone calls, text messages, blogs, pictures and more. The availability of the internet makes it easier for bullying to take place in the long run,…

In many businesses and other establishments, there is a written document that sets a behavior standard to keep every party safe. This type of document is most commonly known as a code of conduct. Codes of conduct determine how people should act and behave towards others, whether it be students, co-workers, customers, etc. These codes also outline duties and responsibilities for the various amount of parties related to the establishment. The codes also outline the rules for organization that…

Dear Professor Ross, You asked whether Conner Walsh could be charged with cyberstalking in connection to the text messages and Facebook posts sent from his personal accounts. The answer is probably not. In order to be found liable for cyberstalking the defendant must show repeated electronic communication that is, “directed at a specific person,” that, “serve[s] no legitimate purpose.” Leach v. Kersey, 162 So.3d 1104, 1106 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015). Because these facts are not present Walsh’s…

Cyberstalking in this day and age In our world today, technology is getting more and more advanced from various pieces of equipment like newer computers with hundreds of new functions to faster ways of communicating to other people like the internet. However this newer and more advanced technology comes with a price. One of these disadvantages that come with these advances is cyberstalking. According to about.com “Cyberstalking is a technologically-based ‘attack’ on one person who has been…