Andriy Slynchuk Links to an external site.has described eleven things Internet users do that may be illegal.  Review what the author says and write a journal entry.

Nolan Venezio

07/28/2024

            Reading over Andriy Slynchuk’s eleven illegal things on the internet didn’t come as a shock to me. The eleven illegal things she included are using unofficial streaming services, using torrent services, using copyrighted images, sharing passwords, addresses, and photos of others, bullying, and trolling, recording a VoIP call without permission, faking your identity, using someone else’s network, collecting information on children, and extracting audio from YouTube. Everything she described to me was common sense. A lot of non-internet laws feed into the illegal activities she described. Using illegal streaming services is illegal and very popular. I have come across a lot of individuals who have use these platforms over my life and they appear very easy to access. Leaking private information about individuals is also common sense. It isn’t yours to give so you shouldn’t release anyone’s private information. I was unaware that extracting audio from YouTube was illegal. I believed that since the videos were public, the audio was free to use by anyone. Bullying and trolling is a huge problem in the United States and around the world. It being illegal doesn’t appear to make anyone stop bullying or trolling. If the punishments became more severe I believe that it would limit individuals performing these acts against other people. Everything that was described in the article are very common acts that are performed everyday which seem to have almost no consequences. I believe that individuals don’t believe that the actions are a large enough crime or penalty so they continue to perform the illegal activities. Until proper detection services or updated policies come into effect that individuals will continue to perform these common crimes.

References

Slynchuk, A. (n.d.). 11 illegal things you unknowingly do on the internet. Clario. https://clario.co/blog/illegal-things-you-do-online/