Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 12

Brainstorm Unethical Uses of the Computer

1. Try to think of 10 examples of what you would consider to be unethical uses of the computer.

2. How might you mitigate these threats?

3. How would a set of codified ethics that users of the computer must subscribe to for using the system help in mitigating these threats?

Step 1 of 3

Brainstorm Unethical Uses of the computer

1. The problem speculates on the Unethical uses of the Computer. The computer is being used, and can be used for a host of unethical purposes. Some unethical uses a computer can be used for are given below:

• Uploading and downloading inappropriate content such as pornography.

• Illegal sharing of entertainment media such as movies.

• Creating computer viruses to attack other systems.

• Cyber-bullying and playing pranks.

• Cheating someone over the internet.

• Identity Theft and phishing.

• VPlagiarism (such as copying online content as homework).

• Accessing unacceptable websites at inappropriate locations (such as social networking sites at secure workplaces).

• Hacking into other systems and servers over a network or internet.

• Illegal website access (such as banned websites).