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Wh at is Hacking?

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Wh at is Hacking?T h e computer equivalent of breaking and entering.

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Wh at is Hacking?T h e computer equivalent of breaking and entering.

Wh at are Hackers?

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Wh at is Hacking?T h e computer equivalent of breaking and entering.

Wh at are Hackers?³T rue´ Hackers

O th er Hackers (Cyber Criminals)

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Wh at is Hacking?T h e computer equivalent of breaking and entering.

Wh at are Hackers?³T rue´ Hackers

Computer geeks w h o see computer systems as anintellectual c h allenge and a tec h nological puzzle to solve.Hack for t h e sake of h acking«

O th er Hackers (Cyber Criminals)T h e ones t h at do it solely for t h e money«

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M ost people barely use t h eir computer¶s processing power«W ould it be wrong to ³ borrow´ t h eir computer systems w h ile t h ey aren¶t using t h em?

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M ost people barely use t h eir computer¶s processing power«W ould it be wrong to ³ borrow´ t h eir computer systems w h ile t h ey aren¶t using t h em?

W orking on a problem t h at requires lots of computing power«

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M ost people barely use t h eir computer¶s processing power«W ould it be wrong to ³ borrow´ t h eir computer systems w h ile t h ey aren¶t using t h em?

W orking on a problem t h at requires lots of computing power«(It could even be for a good cause«)

Ex . Analyzing Human DNA to figure out w h ich genes arelinked to certain diseases«

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Consequentialism

Deontological E th ics

V irtue E th ics

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ConsequentialismAs long as t h e computers are left e x actly as t h ey

were found«Deontological E th ics

V irtue E th ics

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ConsequentialismAs long as t h e computers are left e x actly as t h ey

were found«Deontological E th ics

Breaking and entering is still breaking and enteringeven if you don¶t touc h anyt h ing.

V irtue E th ics

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ConsequentialismAs long as t h e computers are left e x actly as t h ey

were found«Deontological E th ics

Breaking and entering is still breaking and enteringeven if you don¶t touc h anyt h ing.

V irtue E th icsIt¶s still t h e computer equivalent of breaking intosomeone¶s h ome«

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Wh at if t h e systems being h acked belong toth e ³ bad guys´?

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Wh at if t h e systems being h acked belong toth e ³ bad guys´?

Ex . Using a Denial-of-Service Attack to cras h aterrorist¶s website.

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Wh at if t h e systems being h acked belong toth e ³ bad guys´?

Ex . Using a Denial-of-Service Attack to cras h aterrorist¶s website.Ex . Hacking into a criminal¶s computer to retrieveand decrypt files t h at can be used as evidence.

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Wh at if t h e systems being h acked belong toth e ³ bad guys´?

Ex . Using a Denial-of-Service Attack to cras h aterrorist¶s website.Ex . Hacking into a criminal¶s computer to retrieveand decrypt files t h at can be used as evidence.Ex . Cyber W arfare

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Consequentialism

Deontological E th ics

V irtue E th ics

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ConsequentialismDoes it count against you if any h armful

consequences are only to bad people?Deontological E th ics

V irtue E th ics

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ConsequentialismDoes it count against you if any h armful

consequences are only to bad people?Deontological E th ics

Breaking and entering is still breaking and enteringand in t h ese scenarios damage is being done.

V irtue E th ics

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ConsequentialismDoes it count against you if any h armful

consequences are only to bad people?Deontological E th ics

Breaking and entering is still breaking and enteringand in t h ese scenarios damage is being done.

V irtue E th icsIt¶s still like breaking into someone¶s h ome.

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Scenario A

Scenario B

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Scenario A1 Yes, contingent on everyt h ing being put back

wh ere it was found.2 No.

Scenario B

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Scenario A1 Yes, contingent on everyt h ing being put back

wh ere it was found.2 No.

Scenario B1 Yes, if you count h arm to t h e ³ bad guys´ as a

positive.2 No.