COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
ETHICS IN COMPUTING
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Question
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unauthorised access to someone else’s files
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unauthorised access to someone else’s files with intent to commit further criminal offences
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copying software and trying to sell it to someone for a profit
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writing and distributing a virus
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is not an offence under the Computer Misuse Act? Copying software and trying to sell it to someone for a profit is not an offence under the Computer Misuse Act. However, it is still illegal under the copyright law. What does not protect you against data being misused or damaged on a system?
Detailed explanation-2: -unauthorised access to computer material. unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences. unauthorised acts with intent to impair, or with recklessness as to impairing, operation of computer, etcetera.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Computer Misuse Act 1990 was created to deal with the issue of accessing or modifying data without permission. Unauthorised access to computer material.