QUESTION:
If you are to choose your top 3 difficult-to-follow computer ethics commandments, what are these? Explain why.
ANSWER:
Thou shalt not use or copy software for which you have not
paid
Now days,
having a computer are very expensive, thus it cost a lot money just to
invest a
certain gadget; it needs Operating System to be able to use the said
gadget. Crisis is the main reason why we may tend to use a computer software
which have not paid. Thus, human in nature loves to use a certain thing
for free, and they are very excellent on finding ways just to make
their lives easy.
Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write.
This commandment for me is also hard to follow, thus we only pursue on our self perception. And having this is not easy, since we are not God or maybe a psychic to know what other may people think and what would happened next after you made a certain program.
Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write.
This commandment for me is also hard to follow, thus we only pursue on our self perception. And having this is not easy, since we are not God or maybe a psychic to know what other may people think and what would happened next after you made a certain program.
Thou shalt use a computer in ways that show consideration
and respect.
Yes, it is very important to show consideration and respect
to others on having a computer in order to have peace and happiness in
every single person. However, there are those people who are very keen
on finding errors and all they want is perfections.
QUESTION:
Suppose
you are to add 2 more commandments to the existing 10 commandments of
computer ethics, what are these? Are these 2 new commandments of equal
importance to the existing ones? Discuss.
ANSWER:
Thou shalt not create a
website to harm other people.
It
is important commandment, thus we computer users may able to know that
creating a simple website can harm other people. For example,
pornographic website, this website contains an explicit videos, photos,
and information. That could harm other people such as their dignity and mind.
Thou shalt
use computer to be more productive.
Computers are created in order to help poeple in different aspects
of their lives, and not to harm. Thus having this commandment may
enlighten every single person's perceptive, and it could help to us. It also increases the standard of living since more and more products can be purchased, if product production is more.
QUESTION:
What is ransomware? Which of the 10 computer ethics commandments is/are violated by ransomware?
ANSWER:
ANSWER:
Ransomware is a type of malicious computer software that threatens the user
to take some destructive or harmful actions. Ransomware demands the victim to
pay up in order to stop it from running a payload or restore modified or stolen
information. Typical parasites are usually trojans, malicious computer
programs, which are disguised as harmless applications. Such pests get secretly
installed to the system (http://www.freetechexams.com/computer-networking/security/ransomware.html).
This malicious software violates on the following computer ethics commandments:
[2] Thou shalt not interfere
with other people’s computer work.
[3] Thou shalt not snoop around other people’s files.]
[4] Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.
[7] Thou shalt not use other people’s computer
resources without authorization.
[10]
Thou shalt use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect.
It violates
with these commandments because, the
intruder creates a malicious code just like they would to create
other types of malware. The code is specifically designed to take
control of your computer and then hijack all of your files. Following
encryption of your files, you will most likely receive a demand for monetary
compensation or other similar threat in return for your hijacked files. Some
times the monetary amount is small and other times it can amount to hundreds of
dollars. The intruder profits even if the amount is small due to the number of
computers they are infecting with ransomware.
The demand for money is often requested to be paid through an online service
such as PayPal and some intruders even go as far as asking for a money order to
be sent to an address where you are unable to track them down. If you fail to
pay, the intruder is capable of creating additional malicious code that will
destroy the content of your PC a little bit at a time until you pay up (http://www.spamlaws.com/how-ransomware-works.html).
