A study on awareness about Cyber-crime

among the girl students of minority colleges in

Allahabad

SANA ABSAR
RESEARCH SCHOLAR
BHU, VARANASI
 WHY THIS TOPIC???
• We are living in a digital era and these favoured digital technologies
are serving peoples in all the walks of life in addition to information
gathering and dissemination. Computer and Internet are the basic
utility and being used by the people of all the ages for contrasting,
offbeat as well as frequent common purposes.
• Cyberstalking, identity theft, and pornography are the crimes which
target females and that is why girl students need to be aware of cyber-
crime. The present study aims to describe the awareness about cyber-
crime among the girl students of Minority college in Allahabad.
 WHAT IS CYBER-CRIME???
• According to oxford dictionary cyber-crime is “Criminal activities carried out by
means of computer or the internet”
• Computer means any electronic, magnetic, optical or other high-speed processing
device or system which perform logical, arithmetic and memory function by
manipulation of electronic magnetic or optical impulses, and include all inputs,
output processing, storage, computer software or communication facilities which
are connected to the or related to the computer in a computer system or computer
network.
 WHAT IS INTERNET & WHAT IS CRIME?
• Internet means “A global computer network
providing a variety of information and
communication facilities, consisting of
interconnected networks using standardized
communication protocols”

• Crime is an action or omissions which

constitutes an offence and is punishable by
law.
WHERE WE ARE?
U.P. TOPS CYBER-CRIME LIST
Among the states facing cyber-
crime Uttar Pradesh is on the top
with an account of highest number
of cyber-crimes that is 21%. In
metro cities Mumbai has reported
maximum number of cases against
cyber-crime accounting to 23% in
2016. Cyber-crime is 7.7% of all
the crime reported in India.
• To find out the online behaviour pattern of
girls students in the minority college in
Allahabad.
• To find out the awareness of Cyber-crime
among the girls students in the minority
college in Allahabad.
• To study the effect of cyber-crime on
students.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Using convenient sampling, this research was carried out in Hamidia

Girls’ Degree College which is one of the two minority colleges in
Allahabad with 100 girl respondents. The respondents are college
students who are undergraduates. The data was collected using online
surveys which were sent to the students. On the basis of the data
collected by questionnaire result has been concluded.
FINDINGS
 FINDINGS ON ONLINE BEHAVIOUR
ONLINE SHOPPING AND FINANCIAL
PASSWORD UPDATE AND SHARING
TRANSACTION

100%

90%
60%

80%

50% 70%

60%

% of students
40%
50%
% OF STUDENTS

40%
30%
30%

20% 20%

10%
10%
0%
Never share Often change Sometimes Never change
password password change password
0% password
Online shopping Online payment
Series1 93% 37% 50% 12%
Series1 58% 44%
 FINDINGS…
PRIVACY SETTING AND PROFILE PICTURE UPDATE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF ONLINE INFORMATION

90%
60%
80%

70% 50%

60%
40%
% of students

% OF STUDENTS
50%

40% 30%

30%
20%
20%

10% 10%

0%
Update privacy Never upload Upload profile 0%
settings original profile picture Trust information of online Never opens any email from
picture sources unknown sources
Series1 87% 52% 27% Series1 20% 60%
 FINDINGS…
ADDING UNKNOWN PEOPLE AND CHAT WITH UNKNOWN PEOPLE

70%

60%

50%
% of students

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Adding unknown people Chatting with unknown people
Series1 61% 13%
 FINDINGS ON AWARENESS ABOUT
CYBER-CRIME
FAMILIARITY WITH THE TERM CYBER-CRIME FEEL SAFE WHILE ONLINE

Don't know Very safe online

11% 4%
Very well
27% Safe online
Don't know 24%
Not familier with
37%
the term
20%

Not very well Not safe online

42% 35%
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT CYBER-CRIME
HOW MANY TYPES OF CYBER CRIME STUDENTS
ARE AWARE ABOUT
Any other 25%

Trojen Horse 4% NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CYBER-

Logic-bombs 8% CRIME
Internet time theft 15%

Data Diddling 8%

Forgery 14% 20%

e mail spoofing 15%

Cyber-defamation 14%
Need to know more about
Cyber-terrorism 22% Cyber-crime
Pornography 15% Have enough Knowledge
about Cyber-crime
Hacking 86%
Can't say
Cyber Stalking 26%

Salami Attack 4% 10%

Identity theft 9% 70%
Phishing 8%

e mail bombing 22%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
 FINDINGS…

SEPARATE LAW WHERE TO REPORT

know where to
report Cyber-crime
Don’t know that 11%
our country has
Know that our sperate law for
country has cyber-crime
sperate law for 49%
cyber-crime
51% Don’t know where
to report cyber-
crime
89%

Don’t know that our country has sperate law for cyber-crime Don’t know where to report cyber-crime know where to report Cyber-crime
Know that our country has sperate law for cyber-crime
 FINDINGS ON EFFECT OF CYBER-
CRIME ON STUDENTS

EFFECT OF CYBER CRIME MAIN CONCERNS OF PARENTS

REGARDING INTERNET USES

30%
50%
45% 25%
40%
35% 20%
30%
30%
25% 46% 15%
43% 24%
20%
10% 17%
15%
10% 11% 5% 6%
5%
0% 0%
Lost money because of Faced issues because Asked not to use Profile pictures Monetary Losses Personal Someone may
cyber crime 27% of cyber crime internet because of may be accessible information may trace them
cyber-crime to others go public
Series1 11% 46% 43% Series1 30% 6% 24% 17%
 RESULT AND DISCUSSION
• Based upon the above data we can conclude that girl students of Minority girls college are
not the first generation users of internet, they as well as their family members are active
internet users.
• Smartphone is the basic device used by student for internet access. Although their online
behaviour is satisfactory as they are concerned about safety but their awareness related to
cyber crime is not satisfactory.
• Most of the students are not aware with different kind of cyber-crime, many of them don’t
know that India has separate law for cyber crime as well as they are also unaware about
where to report cyber-crime.
• Most of the student felt a need to know more about cyber-crime.
• Hence we can say that there is a need of awareness programme related to cyber-crime
among the girls student because they are very prone to cyber-crime; not only their
parents are concerned about their safety, they too don’t feel safe on internet. If more
awareness programmes would take place the girl will develop the understanding of cyber-
crime as well as cyber-security and then this can be eliminated.