Domestic Abuse goes Digital

Some companies make use of mobile application to gain profit even if it involves immoral behavior from the users. In the article, domestic abusers are able to track down their spouses and spy on their daily activities. This endangers the victims’ lives because every move made is being monitored by their abuser. The victims will not be able to ask for help and be confined by their abusers. The law enforcement were able to stop this particular application. However, this application is just 1 out of 100Billion according to the statistics(The Statistics Portal, 2015). The companies should not earn profit by making other people’s lives suffer.

References:

The Statistics Portal. (2015). Statistics and facts about mobile app usage. [online] Available at: http://www.statista.com/topics/1002/mobile-app-usage/ [Accessed 17 Jun. 2016].

By: Low Joong Lok

How safe are your mobile banking apps?

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People are relying more on using banking apps to do transaction and it is a chance for the fraudster to steal bank customer’s money through banking apps. Fraudster also creates a fake banking apps to steal personal details and use the phone number to access victim financial information. The malware which create by the fraudster will attack the victim banking apps to get personal details and misuse it. To prevent becoming a victim people must download the banking apps from the official channel and be aware of the message send by SMS which ask for bank account number. In addition, the banker can put in six or 4 digit authentication PIN for every customer and auto block the customer who not use the apps for a specific time. It’s a way to protect customer’s privacy. (vishwanathan, 2016)

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By: Ivan Tang

Mobile Spying

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Mobile spying applications are designed for the purpose of child and employee monitoring, but sometimes the purpose extend beyond that. After buying the application, a link is given to be downloaded in the target phone or tablet. When it finishes downloading, the app disappears and works in complete stealth mode without leaving trace behind (Souza, 2016). The user then need to sign into online user account with username and password given by the company. The list of activities that can be monitored are in the article. It could be a law offense if one install monitoring software onto phone which he/she do not own or have proper authorization to install it. A person (over 18 years old) who is being monitored need to be notified or else the user is consider violated the laws. It may be legal for parents to monitor their children through spy app, but ethically it is wrong to monitor them without their consent. One way to eliminate this option is to open a honest, friendly and fair conversation with their children. As for organisation, it can win employee’s hearts if trust is given to them. When their conscience is in charge, it may increase the engagement in productivity. 

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By: Chow Suet Li