The document presents a final paper for a computer-mediated communication course on an Android application called iProTECH that aims to curb cybercrime. It contains an introduction outlining the rise of online criminal activity and need for protection. It then discusses the purpose of developing an app to trace fake accounts. A literature review covers methods for developing Android apps and concepts for tracing IP addresses.
The document presents a final paper for a computer-mediated communication course on an Android application called iProTECH that aims to curb cybercrime. It contains an introduction outlining the rise of online criminal activity and need for protection. It then discusses the purpose of developing an app to trace fake accounts. A literature review covers methods for developing Android apps and concepts for tracing IP addresses.
The document presents a final paper for a computer-mediated communication course on an Android application called iProTECH that aims to curb cybercrime. It contains an introduction outlining the rise of online criminal activity and need for protection. It then discusses the purpose of developing an app to trace fake accounts. A literature review covers methods for developing Android apps and concepts for tracing IP addresses.
The document presents a final paper for a computer-mediated communication course on an Android application called iProTECH that aims to curb cybercrime. It contains an introduction outlining the rise of online criminal activity and need for protection. It then discusses the purpose of developing an app to trace fake accounts. A literature review covers methods for developing Android apps and concepts for tracing IP addresses.
In this time and age every individual's vulnerability to cybercrime are spiking to a
widest range and extent. Internet use has been a key to spread news instantly in a
world wide scale but it also became a threat to humanity. Why so? Cybercrime
became rampant even the government owned websites are not exempted as it also
became the subject of the cyber criminals. Many lives are at risk because of the
widespread of fake news, cyber bullying, cyber libel, and the like. CNN Philippines
on October 2020 has reported in an article that online scams and libel cases are the
two major crimes that are mostly committed by the Filipinos online. The implication of
social and political issues on this type of crime is very evident. According to the
interview of PMaj. Joseph Villaran- PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group spokesperson, he
acknowledged the five most cybercrimes during this time of pandemic, namely,
online scams, libel, identify theft, anti-video and photo voyeurism, unauthorized
access on someone's online account.
The entire planet is now experiencing the global crisis since socialization and
massive gathering are temporarily put on hold, online criminals are exploiting the
opportunity that due to the limited movement of the people they put them in a trap
that made them susceptible to online scams. Online selling has become essential
today as it happens to be the easiest way to sell the essential products. The latter
also said that online selling or shopping is the most copious form of a scam where
criminals are pretending to be as online sellers, but the items people are ordering are failed to be delivered once money is sent. However, libel is also a form of crime
associated with giving erroneous information about a certain individual. These most
likely happen when someone know you and had an extreme jealousy. Due to this, an
envious person is trying to exert all the effort just to drag you by trying to undermine
you using foul, damaging, and abhorrent statements or accusations.
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. has become a fortress
to this criminals. The data showed that in the Philippines as per statista.com- a legit
website which is 13 years old already in providing reliable insights and facts across
170 industries as well as more than 150 countries, there are about 72.5 million
Facebook users in the Philippines and that comprised 66% of the 2019 total
population. Imagine the humungous population that is at risk every day from cyber
criminals. There should be an urgency for each and every social media users to
heed in raising awareness about the risk of using the social media platforms. Being
cognizant will help not to put cybercrime to nil but to curb the crimes and injustices in
social media. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
To develop a mobile application that can be used in tracing fake and dummy
accounts in all social media platforms. This will be a helping tool to locate the trolls
that is rampantly doing abominable criminal activities. This also aim to curb cyber
criminals from invading cyber security of the state and its people. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Several research has been conducted just to find ways to mitigate the
prevalence of criminal activity in the online world. Many researchers are also
developing different methods to combat these activities. In this particular research
paper, the researcher will develop an android application that aims to suppress cyber
criminals from invading individual's privacy.
Methods on Developing an Android Application
Doshi et al. (2017) developed an android system that utilizes open source
program O in an artificial intelligent Chabot. They illustrated the process by using a
flowchart. The system works in text and voice modes and in the illustration they
explained how each modes work. For the text based Chabot, the system started with
inputting text from the user in an android application.
The details in accomplishing the text based Chabot is explained by the following
implementation:
1.) The user input was read and the send button was clicked.
2.) The user input was sent to the program O hosted server utilizing the
HttpUrlConnection. In this manner they were dealing with the internet so that they
call the technique in the AsyncTask of the android system. In the background, it was
seen that AsyncTask was running.
3.) They waited until they got the reply from the server. They got the JSON formatted
reply through the OnPostExecute method in the running AsyncTask and sent to
JSON parser in order to extract the bot"s response.
4.) After the extraction, it was important for them to display to the user and attached
the response to the text view.
Ntfter extracting the bot‟s response, we need to display it to the user. So, append the
response to text view.
5.) Then they repeated the procedure for the subsequent user input.
The Concept of Tracing IP Address
Reale (2019) had stated in his journal that using canary tokens software would
distributes tokens that contains a randomly generated unique identifier that can be
either placed in HTTP URLs or in hostnames. If HTTP URL was requested, or the
hostname was resolved, it would notify the owner that the token has been triggered.
Due to this circumstance, summary of information will be provided. The given
information can be as uncertain as DNS which used in resolving an embedded
hostname. To as specific and informative as the IP address or the name of the
computer who happened to be the unit who triggered the token.
The Prevalence of Criminal Activity in Social Media
Cybercrime is any crime either traditional or new that has been conducted through
using digital technologies. These technologies include personal mobile phones,
computers, laptops, and smart devices but the scope is fast expanding to engulfed
smart systems and infrastructures.
The significance of cybercrime can be seen in its skyrocketing prevalence. In the
United Kingdom, for example, there were around 3.8Million reported occurrences of
cybercrimes of the 12 months to June 2016. The survey tallied the several
components of crimes such as burglary, theft, violent crimes, and the like but not
including fraud came in a figure of 6.5 million. This therefore, amounting the number
of cybercrimes to more than half of the tallied crimes. In the 2018 ONS report, it was
noted the similar trend as with cybercrimes and fraud accounted for most half of
crimes. Studies from the United States also further attested the amount of
cybercrime and identity theft. According to the 2018 Fraud Study, it was found that
$16.8 billion was stolen from 16.7 million US consumer in a year before.
Impact of Cyberbullying to the Students in some Southeast Asian Countries
Philippines
Locson (2012) did a research study subjecting selected high school students in the
Philippines. Out of the 395 respondents, 334 of them had experienced cyber
bullying. Majority of the victims are females composed of 64.07%. It was found that
first year students had the most number of victims and fourth year students having
the least. Also, in this study they found out that all year levels are considering social
networking to be the most harmful in all subtypes of cyberbullying. However, Vargas
et al. (2018) in their study subjecting senior high school in the University of the
Philippines, aims to comprehend the insights of senior high school students’ on
cyberbullying. Their study utilizes a tweet visualization tool to show the insights of
students in Twitter. The outcome of the study indicated that most of the students felt
pleasant on opportunity as the officers of the University Administration continued
driving awareness campaign that diminish fear and unpleasant emotion to all of the
senior high school students. As well as these outcomes indicated that more students
became cognizant that cyberbullying can be alleviated in many ways, and can be
good opportunity to lend a helping hand to others whence it.
Thailand
Tantaphalin et al. (2017) conducted a survey comparison on cyberbullying
encountered experiences cyberbullying feelings in terms of different variables. The
result showed that cyberbullying encountered experiences, and cyberbullying
feelings did not have any differences in term of age, gender, and internet usage
time.
Sittichai and Smith (2018) surveyed a total amount 1,049 respondents. These are
the students with the age bracket between 12 and 18 years old coming from 3
provinces of Thailand out of 12 schools. The respondents had become a victim of
traditional and cyber bullying over the past few months. In this research they found
out the different coping mechanism of the victims. For the older students they tend to
report it to the police and keep the record of bullying. For girls, they tend to tell and
report it more for both traditional and Cyberbullying victimization aside from that, the
result also suggest that girls are also tend to ignore or block the negative messages.
For the boys, they tend to fight back.
Indonesia
Wiguna et al. (2018) conducted a study in Indonesia that aimed to elaborate and
identify the implication between cyberbullying experience and high behavior results
according on gender differences among adolescents. This study was joined by the
senior high school in the capital Jakarta. There were a total of 2,917 respondents
who partake to answer the questionnaire. In both genders of adolescents were found
that cyberbullying caused negative impact. Boys are seen to have a higher tendency
to externalize while girls are seen to have a higher tendency to internalize.
Furthermore, the study signified that the adolescents who were victims and
perpetrator of cyberbullying had a greater risk to cigarette and alcohol exhaustion,
also self-hurting behavior adjunct for both male and female.
Malaysia
Yusuf et al. (2018) illustrated in their article links between the three factors of
parental attachment and cyberbullying experiences among school-going children.
The were 375 students who served as the respondents with the ages between 9 and
16 years old from 8 schools in Selangor. The findings of this study suggested that
the high scores of parental detachment and alienation could anticipate children’s
inclination to get involved in cyberbullying activities as low scores of parent-child
communication and trust could not affect the likelihood of children becoming
cyberbullies or cyber victims. However, as they grow older, they look for parental
help for approval, advice, and emotional support. Wan et al. (2018) in their research,
they utilized a semi-structured interview on 30 university students having social
media accounts and are residing in Klang Valley, Malaysia. According to the data
collected, the findings suggested that the majority of the respondents had tried
flaming and stalking types of cyberbullying. That experience they had caused
emotional, social, and psychological anxiety. The action taken upon undergoing
cyberbullying as well as emotional reaction that they underwent do differ across the
type of bully suffering.
Singapore
Kwan and Skoric (2013) conducted a research worked that examined cyberbullying
on Facebook and how it became relevant to bullying in schools. A total of 1597
students were subjected to this survey with aged 13–17 from two high schools in
Singapore. They found out in their study that 59.4% of the partakers that use
Facebook suffer from cyberbullying, and 56.9% confessing to involving on Facebook
cyberbullying at least one. Males were more engaging that females in cyberbullying
as their victims, and there were very strong positive relevance between school
bullying and Facebook bullying. It was also found in their findings that involvement in
risky online behaviors was positively relevant to bullying. However, in another study
conducted by Ang et al. (2014) about self-reporting survey on cyber bullying between
United States and Singapore to investigate the different relations between reactive
aggression and proactive, and cyberbullying in this two cultures. There were 425
adolescent’s samples from middle schools of the United States and 332 adolescents
from secondary schools in Singapore. The result of their study signify that proactive
aggression and reactive were both related with cyber bullying in the two cultures. ILLUSTRATION
Individual Protection Technology
Color Blue, symbolizes stability and inspiration.
Color Gray, symbolizes neutrality and balance. Step 1 Look for the App
iProTECH App Advantages:
FREE Works for iOS and Android Works for Phone and PC Easy to manage
Step 2 Review and
Download the App
Make sure to download the
valid app and search about the information of the app.
iProTECH http://www.iProTech-appdownload.com Step 3 Read the Terms and Conditions
Before clicking the next
please practice to read the Terms and Conditions. For it must be able to aware yourself what about this app.
I accept the Terms and Conditions
Step 4 Read the Privacy
and Policy
To maintain safe and
private use of your social media accounts, please read the Privacy and policy to make you aware.
I accept the Privacy and Policy
Step 5 Sign Up the form
Fill up the form to have your official account
at the app. Make sure to create an account and save privately the information’s.
Protection Technology App. Your safety online world partner assistance.
Start Step 7 Follow the Instruction
What to do?
Paste the source
link http://fbblackmask.com.ph/hack
Choose Options bellow
Click Facebook if compatible
Proceed to next
Next
Step 8 Scan the suspect
Locate the suspect and try
to estimate how far it was.
Scan
Submit Step 9 Follow the Guidelines Step 11 Withdraw Option Read your Report Guidelines before continuing.
The Eye icon will appear if your report is viewed
Upon clicking Withdraw icon you will be encourage to inquire Two options for processing more for your concerns. Withdraw your report
Follow – Up your report
Next
Next
Step 10 Read the Status
Step 12 Follow-Up Option Update always your report Step status,13 forReturn you to be toaware Homethat Upon clicking Follow-Up your report has a changes. icon you will be guided to further Step 13 steps to Home App the continue Notification updates investigation of your report. Unprocessed icon Check your Home App if you are Visit the website notified for some messages and Line Up for Process icon www.NBIService.com.ph updates. Back www.iProTECH.com.ph Check your Message daily.
Update yourNext Settings if needed. Manage History if someone’s use it.
Explore your Home App Daily.
Step 14 Secure your App
If individual online users are not
cognizant about the risk of using social media platforms it would lead them to jeopardize their safety. Awareness is the sole key to suppress the imminent danger social media has brought. Sincerely, iProTECH
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