Internet is so versatile a tool that some times it is frightening to
think of the many negative uses to which the Internet can be put into.
If you are a Parent who want your child to use the vast Internet
resources, you are also concerned of how to prevent your child being abused
on the Net or Your child visiting morally corrupt web sites or using your
credit card number to gamble on the Net. Remember that it is not only your
innocent child who can misuse the Internet during your absence, but also
his friends who come to play Computer games on your home computer during
your absence.
If you are a School Administrator, you know that you need to
give the benefit of Internet to your students. But who will monitor the
use of the Internet so that students donot end up using valuable study
time in wasteful Chats and trying to pick up hacking tools?
In India, many Companies including the software majors donot
allow their employees free access to Internet. Some times they restrict
the access only to "E-Mail" making it impossible even for good employees
to use Internet for knowledge enhancement.
Many CEO s in India allow access to their personal Desktop or
Laptop to their office staff. If during such sessions, a Cyber Crime is
committed using the CEO s computer, he is prima-facie liable to be prosecuted
for the offense.
The Cyber Cafe Owners who make a business of letting others
use their computers also run a huge risk of vicarious responsibility for
any cyber crime committed on the computers.
The long arms of law has already started reaching out to negligent owners
of computers who donot watch the activities that go on in their computers.
But it is practically impossible to personally watch the activities or
block the use of Computers in your absence.
Fortunately, Technology which creates the problems has also come up
with solutions to help us. One such software is Spector Soft which keeps
track of all activities on your computer. E-Blaster is a further innovation
that e-mails you reports on the activities so that even when you are in
office, you know if your home computer is being misused and vice versa.
Such software would also come in handy to gather evidence of Cyber activities
when some illegal activities are suspected.
In India, where Cyber Cafe owners are already being harassed by Police
for the activities of the customers, this software could be an excellent
defense strategy for the Cyber Cafe owner. In case of any complaint, he
can produce the evidence of who had misused the system and this would be
the responsibility expected of an ISP.
Those of the readers who would like to have more information on the
software, can visit the following link.
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