Keamanan Pribadi di Internet

Pertumbuhan internet memunculkan banyak layanan penting yang dapat diakses oleh siapa pun yang memiliki sambungan ke Internet. Salah satu layanan penting ini adalah komunikasi digital. Meskipun layanan ini memungkinkan kita berkomunikasi dengan orang lain melalui internet, ini juga memungkinkan komunikasi dengan hacker atau orang tidak baik. Sementara hacker sering menggunakan internet untuk keuntungan pribadi, ini mungkin tidak terbatas pada keuntungan finansial / material. Ini terutama menjadi perhatian bagi orang tua dan anak-anak, karena anak-anak sering menjadi target orang jahat ini. Ancaman umum untuk keamanan pribadi meliputi: phishing, penipuan internet, malware, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, online predition, dan sextortion.

Cyberstalking

Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual, a group of individuals, or an organization. It may include the making of false accusations or statements of fact (as in defamation), monitoring, making threats, identity theft, damage to data or equipment, the solicitation of minors for sex, or gathering information that may be used to harass. According to a study conducted by Baum et al. (2009), the rate of assault through electronic means such as e-mail or instant messaging was over one in four out of all stalking victims in the study.

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is the attack upon an individual or group through the use of electronic means such as instant messaging, social media, e-mail and other forms of online communication with the intent to abuse, intimidate, or overpower. In a 2012 study of over 11,925 students in the United States, it was indicated that 23% of adolescents reported being a victim of cyber bullying, 30% of which reported experiencing suicidal behavior.

Online predation

Online predation is the act of engaging an underage minor into inappropriate sexual relationships through the internet. Online predators may attempt to initiate and seduce minors into relationships through the use of chat rooms or internet forums. In a sample of 216 incarcerated sexual offenders, the behavior characteristics that emerged were categorized into three groups: A) manipulative - typically a child molester; B) Opportunist - typically a rapist and C) Coercive being a mixture of both rapists and child molesters.

Obscene/offensive content

Various websites on the internet contain material that some deem offensive, distasteful or explicit, which may often be not of the user's liking. Such websites may include internet, shock sites, hate speech or otherwise inflammatory content. Such content may manifest in many ways, such as pop-up ads and unsuspecting links.

Sextortion

Sextortion, especially via the use of webcams, is a concern, especially for those who use webcams for flirting and cybersex.[10][11] Often this involves a cybercriminal posing as someone else - such as an attractive person - initiating communication of a sexual nature with the victim. The victim is then persuaded to undress in front of a webcam, and may also be persuaded to engage in sexual behaviour, such as masturbation.[12] The video is recorded by the cybercriminal, who then reveals their true intent and demands money or other services (such as more explicit images of the victim, in cases of online predation), threatening to publicly release the video and send it to family members and friends of the victim if they do not comply.[12] A video highlighting the dangers of sextortion has been released by the National Crime Agency[13] in the UK to educate people, especially given the fact that blackmail of a sexual nature may cause humiliation to a sufficient extent to cause the victim to take their own life,[11] in addition to other efforts to educate the public on the risks of sextortion.