When it comes to the internet there are a lot of Illegal things you do without even knowing. The internet has changed the revolution by providing platform to search for relevant information endlessly. Apart from using the social media like Facebook, Twitter Linkdln etc, there are some illegal things you do on the internet without any fear of getting caught. But these things are not much popular and some of them are still unrecognizable by most of the daily based internet users.

10 illegal Things People Do On The Internet That Is Punishable.

 

1. Recording Skype Conversations.

When someone is more focused on their cam and still moving for some reason and trying to talk to you as they’re interested. That’s when you’re getting recorded. Sharing this recorded conversation on the internet can be threaten and scary but you can do that and also may get away with it.

2. Blocking advertisements.

We all visit YouTube and suffer from watching those lame ads and waiting for the video to play. But now you can install AD-blocker extensions and skip those ads automatically. Not only YouTube this method works with all the websites and even Google ads. But most of the people are annoyed these days because these ad-blockers are causing less performance speed in chrome.

3.Extracting Audio From YouTube Videos

There are many websites where you can input the address of a published YouTube video, wait a few seconds, and get an audio file containing sounds from the clip. People often view those sites as solutions for getting music for free. After all, the selection available from YouTube is virtually limitless. But this practice is illegal when using it for copyrighted material.

What to do instead: Download the free version of Spotify. This streaming service’s library includes millions of songs, plus podcasts, video episodes and audio-books. Who needs those illegal sites when you can explore all that content?

4. Sharing Subscription Passwords.

What most of the Netflix users think is, by sharing their account’s password to their friends and family they save money of other subscription. But they’re wrong and they will end up waking up in prison if they do so.

 

5. Underage Facebook Accounts.

Facebook is a very famous social networking site and it is at the tip of everyone’s tongue. When a user is creating Facebook account he/she must go through the terms of conditions. But it is a big joke these days hardly anyone reads them. Most of the kids who are below 13 create a facebook id by giving the wrong information which is illegal.

 

6. Faking The IP Address

Most of the users are always concerned about their IP addresses and they do every possible thing to hide them. but the problem is that when you’re trying to hide is or mask it you are doing nothing wrong in fact it is not illegal and there is no law that says it is. But when you’re changing or falsely entering the same will take you to jail and pay some huge fines.

 

7. Using Unsecured WiFi Networks.

It is completely wrong and not acceptable if you’re using someone’s unsecured Wi-Fi without their permission. But most of the users do not care about the consequences and walk away when done with the Wi-Fi. But under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, doing this could be considered as theft. So then ext time you’re on someone’s Wi-Fi watch your back.

 

8. Cyberbullying

Social media is one of the main platforms for cyberbullying. According to Title 18, Section 875, Subsection C of the United States Penal Code “Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

9.Using photos you found on Google

Like many people, you might think Google’s image search is one of the most convenient features around. Unfortunately, it’s not okay to freely use the pictures found through that method for a blog post, website, or another type of web-based content. Many are copyrighted, and by using them without permission from the owner, you’re breaking the law.

What to do instead: Depend on photos that use a  Creative Commons license. There are many websites that compile such photos and allow you to search and download them for free.

10. Infringement Of Trademarked Domains.

If you’re planning to create a website to earn by clicks like a spam and you’re using a major company’s domain then you may find yourself in court. Think before doing any such activity. because you will get sued and you got to defend yourself in court for your activities.

 

All the above activities are illegal by law but yet we all do it. The next time you’re trying to do something from above list be careful and stay clean!