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A new type of stalking that is more intrusive, faster and more difficult to detect is made possible by artificial intelligence.From deepfakes to voice cloning, various AI tools are used for cyberstalking.
According to UNODC, cyberstalking is the use of information and communications technology to repeatedly harass, annoy, attack, threaten, frighten, and/or verbally abuse people.
A sort of malware or app known as stalkerware tracks each activity on its victim’s mobile device without the victim’s knowledge. It provides cyberstalkers with access to all of that data, enabling them to easily track their victims’ every move.
When someone’s name, where one lives, works or other identifying information is publicly revealed without their consent, it is known as “Doxxing,” which is a form of harassment, intimidation, and bullying.
Your devices allow others to track your location. Your IP address can help you trace your location if you use a computer. When using a mobile device, like a smartphone or tablet, someone can use GPS or a combination of Bluetooth beacons, Wi-Fi signals, and cellular tower data to track your location.
The victim’s name, family history, home and workplace phone numbers, daily activities, dwelling and workplace address, date of birth, and other personal information are all gathered. It would be easy for the stalker to obtain this information if he was familiar with the victim.
A form of malicious software known as spyware is placed on a computer system without the user’s knowledge. The device is compromised, private data and internet usage data are stolen, and the information is then sent to advertising, data companies, or outside users.
Amnesty International provide some important steps how to protect you from cyber trolling: Threats of violence, discrimination, harassment, doxxing (disclosing personal or identifying documents), and the unauthorised sharing of sexually explicit and private images are just a few examples of the various ways that abuse can be committed online.
If any person harassing a woman through Internet, email or any other electronic communication is stated as an offence under Section 354D IPC
Sometime, perpetrators create fake account on face book to defame their victims and post morphed pictures to blackmail them