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| − | "Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity" <ref>The Mentor. The Hacker Manifesto. http://www.mithral.com/~beberg/manifesto.html.</ref>.. Written by someone called The Mentor, "The Hacker Manifesto" strikes against criminal accusations to hackers. By The Mentor's definition, a hacker is a curious person about information. But by the definition of the public media of the 90's, hackers are cyber criminals who steal information and cause public mischief<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/19/us/a-nationwide-computer-fraud-ring-is-broken-up.html</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/07/nyregion/2d-jail-term-looms-for-man-who-plundered-a-foundation.html</ref>. According to the 1960's MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club, they're a bunch of pranksters who enjoy programming<ref> Chapter 1 of Levy, Steven. Hackers. Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media, 2010.</ref>. | + | "Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity" <ref>The Mentor. The Hacker Manifesto. http://www.mithral.com/~beberg/manifesto.html.</ref>.. Written by someone called The Mentor, "The Hacker Manifesto" strikes against criminal accusations to hackers. By The Mentor's definition, a hacker is a curious person about information. But by the definition of the public media of the 90's, hackers are cyber criminals who steal information and cause public mischief<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/19/us/a-nationwide-computer-fraud-ring-is-broken-up.html</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/07/nyregion/2d-jail-term-looms-for-man-who-plundered-a-foundation.html</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/24/us/from-hacker-to-symbol.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm</ref>. According to the 1960's MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club, they're a bunch of pranksters who enjoy programming<ref> Chapter 1 of Levy, Steven. Hackers. Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media, 2010.</ref>. |
==Ethical grounds of Hacks== | ==Ethical grounds of Hacks== | ||
Revision as of 03:46, 10 October 2012
The Ethics in Hacking article will look at the ethical grounds hacking. The good points on hacking, like how it can be beneficial, and how hacking can affect society in a bad way. Also the dissection of previous hacks and their ethical issues.
Contents
Hackers
"Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity" [1].. Written by someone called The Mentor, "The Hacker Manifesto" strikes against criminal accusations to hackers. By The Mentor's definition, a hacker is a curious person about information. But by the definition of the public media of the 90's, hackers are cyber criminals who steal information and cause public mischief[2][3][4]. According to the 1960's MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club, they're a bunch of pranksters who enjoy programming[5].
Ethical grounds of Hacks
Cyber Attacks
{Cyber terrorism, Digital Espionage...}
Ethics of Cyber Attacks
{Basis on Warfare, Fight in self defense or to protect others, "War is easier to accept due to cyber attacks"}
Examples of Cyber Attacks
{Anonymous?, facebook hacks}
Information Hacks
{Privacy vs Open, Right to disbribute personal encryption software (why needed?)}
Ethics of Information Hacks
{Release info to the public, Release of Truth, Data Protection Act...}
Examples of Information Hacks
{Wikileaks, FBI hacks...}
Product Hacks
{Modifying products}
Ethics of Product Hacks
{Property ownership, IP...}
Examples of Product Hacks
{Microsoft Kinect, N64 Missile Component}
References
- ↑ The Mentor. The Hacker Manifesto. http://www.mithral.com/~beberg/manifesto.html.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/19/us/a-nationwide-computer-fraud-ring-is-broken-up.html
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/07/nyregion/2d-jail-term-looms-for-man-who-plundered-a-foundation.html
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/24/us/from-hacker-to-symbol.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
- ↑ Chapter 1 of Levy, Steven. Hackers. Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media, 2010.
