Are You Safe?
These are widely used for bank cards when using the ATM machine. Each
cardholder has his own PIN number, which he or she must enter to use the ATM
machine. It is normally a four digit number.
The use of mobile phones, emails and other social networking sites are
increasing everyday and it is important to make laws which protect the
individual and also regulate the information being passed. Crimes related to
these must have protection laws as well as punishment clauses.
Biometric scanners are basically finger scan, facial scan and eye retina scan used
to identify the person to give him access to the computer.
Encryption is used to protect the information passed from getting into wrong
hands by converting the electronic data in another form called ciphertext. Only
people have the permission to use the information can understand this language.
One way of finding out how a crime has taken place is by using forensic
computing. This method involves checking the mobile phone to see when and
what he/she has been talking on the phone. You can locate a person through the
mobile phone. We can also look into his computer to investigate his emails and
Facebook page to see what he/she has been up to. These help the police get a picture
of the crime.
Recently there was news about the Chinese government using hackers to hack
emails of top US officials and other government and army websites. These are
done to get secret information and learn about the strength and planning
strategy of the US government.