Technology is often a bane instead of a boon. Ritambhara tells us how the communication revolution has made it easy for smart crimes. A Different Truths exclusive.

The communication and information technology have grown leaps and bounds and made impressive advances facilitating the present era. But whether the fruits of this revolution are a boon or a curse is a moot point. The revolution, which paved the way to globalisation began when the ancient people started painting the pictures of animals and surroundings on the walls of the caves. No wonder, humans have now learnt to communicate at the speed of lightning.

This trend has undoubtedly brought people together and fostered the feeling of a global village, but it is also known to provoke the fears of cultural invasion and invasion of privacy.

This trend has undoubtedly brought people together and fostered the feeling of a global village, but it is also known to provoke the fears of cultural invasion and invasion of privacy. The dilemma of the phenomenal advances of communication is at one level to find out how much of entertainment and consumption produce true contentment and at another to discover how much of information yields true wisdom. But, like all other inventions made by man, the communication revolution too has its pros and cons.

1. Frauds Associated with Text Messages or Calls

According to the tech wizards, the monetary loss is the least compared to the hacker gaining access to the user’s data and tampering it.

Smart phones, the handiest gadget of the modern era, facilitate communication at just a touch screen away, but this ease has a major security threat in terms of mobile phone scams and frauds, unless preventive measures are put into place. Several frauds associated with text messages, such as asking the users to reveal personal information in order to claim a prize and the users being charged heavily for answering, have surfaced. Responding to such fraudulent calls or messages could result in the phone being blocked, increase in user’s bill or the data being deleted. According to the tech wizards, the monetary loss is the least compared to the hacker gaining access to the user’s data and tampering it. The smartphones are more vulnerable to attacks as anti-virus software is not competently sophisticated.

2. Frauds Associated with Social Media

Instances such as people losing faith in relationships and increase in the divorce rates can to some extent be attributed to people getting attracted to people from this virtual world.

We are increasingly getting drawn to social media sites such as WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Signal, Telegram, IMO, etc. No wonder these social media apps have brought people from all across the globe closer, but having wrong or unknown member in your list can bring its own detrimental effects. Instances such as people losing faith in relationships and increase in the divorce rates can to some extent be attributed to people getting attracted to people from this virtual world. Nevertheless, sometimes people are not only robbed of their money by being in contact with strangers who they only know through these sites, but they have also known to land themselves in great trouble.

3. Frauds Associated with Apps

Among the genuine apps are fraudulent apps too and these are so identical that it’s not easy for a common man to recognise them.

There are umpteen numbers of Apps available to make life easier for us in terms of banking, shopping, booking travel or movie tickets, gaming, etc. Among the genuine apps are fraudulent apps too and these are so identical that it’s not easy for a common man to recognise them. The moment you install them on your smartphones, your device is cloned and the hacker gets all your information regarding, contact details, etc. which they use for robbing you of your hard-earned money. Then, there are games that go to the extent of luring and frightening the kids to an extent that some have ended up losing their lives.

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