Man’s failed attempts to fly have perhaps been finally compensated as technology surfs dizzying heights of possibilities. More work is being done, faster and in more efficient ways than it ever it could have been years back. Near and dear ones can connect in seconds, no matter how many continents or oceans divide them. Information is literally available on finger tips as you ‘click’ away on the World Wide Web.
In all this it is good news that Bhutan is not left behind clueless to such profound developments. Generally speaking, the Bhutanese population is fairly very tech-savvy and being receptive to the goodness of technological advancements has only been very beneficial for the masses.
As amazing as it all may be to employ the comforts and ease of access provided by a world of gadgets and gizmos, there has always been a downside to it.
Certain users in the country have now begun to misuse the very tools that have helped people in their daily sphere of life and work. And that would be specifically speaking about the cyber crimes which have come into prevalence in odds and ends of the society.
A most disturbing development of late is the number of obscene video clips, a form of amateur pornography being practiced by unknown users who spread the videos through means of internet and mobile phones.
It has come to knowledge that, most subjects (especially the females) in the said clips are not aware that they are being filmed. What starts as a mindless indulgence is then recorded and stored as accessible files on multiple devices when they ‘accidentally’ leak out to a third person and the next who then starts a sick chain.
The peeping Tom of this age is aided by fancy and by far efficient devices. And as such, voyeurism (interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors) has also touched the next level of seriousness with individuals making it to the news for attempting to film others (usually females) without their knowledge in their private spaces or moments. It was only just recently that a man was caught for planting a camera in his bathroom in an attempt to video film his sister in law.
Just a few months back a woman was in the news complaining that she was being blackmailed by her chat-pal. The blackmailer was threatening to release and make public certain ‘pictures’ of her if she was unwilling to cooperate with his whims.
The man who is in India and the Bhutanese lady had met online and grown to be intimate friends through online communications.
Cyber crime is a reality in this globalised age and while rules are internationally in place and in action, currently there are no laws in this regard here in Bhutan (at least not specifically).
With growing incidences and bolder perpetrators evolving in cyber space, perhaps it is high time for authorities to shift their glances fast on the issue before it spirals into a domain that is by definition ‘limitless.’
However and in the meanwhile, individuals can at least hang onto basic logic or common sense to not forsake reasonable behavior.
Published as Editorial for Business Bhutan on August 02, 2014
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