In 1982 and 1983, the first desktop computers began to appear, many were equipped with operating system called Berkeley UNIX which includes Network Software that allows relatively easy connection to the Internet. The personal computer revolution continued through the eighties, making access to computer resources and networked information increasingly available to the general public.

The rapid growth of the Internet and other Telecommunications technologies are promoting advances in virtually every aspect of society and every corner of the globe. Most of these advances represent positive changes in our society.

Unfortunately, many of the attributes of this technology - low cost, ease of use, and anonymous nature, among others, make it an attractive medium for fraudulent scams, child sexual exploitation, and increasingly, a new concern known as “cybertalking.”

Cybertalking begins when two or more people communicate through emails or a chat room. You usually don't know who is on the other side of the computer. Since people don't usually know who that person is, it encourages you to say things that you normally wouldn't in person.

The person or people you are corresponding with may be offended by your word or vice versa. The harassment may then start from that stranger you were chatting with. Then the cybertalking starts with the constant abusive emails, obscene or inappropriate pictures. Your life could be threatened or even your computer could be sabotaged. Identity theft occurs during some of these encounters.

socio-economic personal and/or corporate damages.
Can it be rightly said therefore, that Man has become entrapped in its own techno-knowledge dynamics? Some of the most critical cyber crimes are: Insiders, Hackers (or “crackers”), “Hacktivism.” Or Political Hacking, Criminal Groups, The Phonemasters', Internet Fraud, Foreign intelligence services, Information Warfare, Virus Writers, Internet Fraud, Identity Theft, Child Pornography, Terrorists etc.

Recognizing this emerging problem, former American Vice President Al Gore asked the Attorney General on February 26, 1999, to study the problem and to report back with recommendations on how to protect people from this threat.

It is estimated that identity theft has become the fastest-growing financial crime in America and perhaps the fastest-growing crime of any kind in our society. Identity Theft: Is There Another You?

The illegal use of identity information has increased exponentially in recent years. In fiscal year 1999 alone, the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Fraud Hotline received approximately 62,000 allegations involving Social Security Number (SSN) misuse. The widespread use of SSNs as identifiers has reduced their security and increased the likelihood that they will be the object of identity theft.

The Internet has led to the emergence of the creative class. The expansion and popularity of the Internet to effect commercial transactions has increased the opportunities to commit crimes involving identity theft. The expansion and popularity of the Internet to post official information for the benefit of citizens and customers has also increased opportunities to obtain SSNs for illegal purposes.

The new economy's demand for creativity has manifested itself in the emergence of what author Richard Florida has termed “the Creative Class.” He reports that some 58 million Americans, or 30 percent of the national work force, now belong to this class. Florida uses a broad definition of the Creative Class, considering a member as anyone whose work function is to produce new ideas, new technology and/or new creative content.

Hence, the Creative Class includes people in engineering and science, architecture and design, education, music, arts and entertainment. This class of creative individuals, Florida says, share a common creative ethos that emphasises individuality, creativity, difference and the creative community merit.

As far as the members of the Creative Class are concerned, every aspect and manifestation of creativity, cultural, technological and economic, is inextricably linked” (Florida, Richard: The Rise of the Creative Class. New York: Basic, 2002).

Historically, communication technologies have played a key role in societies. The exchange of information through different means of communication among nations newspapers, radio, television, etc, have influenced human development by drawing economic geographies, shaping national identities and rebalancing the distribution of power within societies and among nations.
Nowhere is this influence more evident than in the current information revolution.