Cybercrime, Censorship, Perception and Bypassing Controls: An Exploratory Study

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Abstract

© Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2013. Countries have employed the Internet proxy as a censorship mechanism for various reasons. Concurrently, cyber criminal activities continue to rise. This research explores peoples' engagement in bypassing the Internet proxy and if it is related to cyber criminal engagement. Through an experimental design, participants were randomly assigned to three groups. Using manipulation paragraphs, in the first group (Group 1), a positive view on the Internet proxy was presented. In the second group (Group 2), a negative view on the Internet proxy was presented. The third group (Group 3) was used as the control group, where the participants’ view of the Internet proxy was not manipulated. All three groups were asked to self-report their rate of proxy bypass (SRPBE) and cybercrime engagement (CCI). The results indicated a significant positive correlation between self-reported cyber criminal engagement and self-reported proxy bypass engagement. The results also showed that individuals with more knowledge in computers are more likely to bypass the Internet proxy. However, individuals with better knowledge in computers are not necessarily the ones that are more likely to commit cyber criminal activities. The results were inconclusive on whether or not the manipulation paragraphs used had an effect on the participants’ view of the Internet Proxy.

ISBN

9783642398902

ISSN

1867-8211

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Volume

114 LNICST

First Page

91

Last Page

108

Disciplines

Computer Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Keywords

Censorship, Cybercrime, Internet proxy, Psychology, UAE

Scopus ID

85025138753

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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