Computer Ethics

1. If you are to choose your top 3 difficult-to-follow computer ethics commandments, what are these? Explain why.
   
          If I am to choose top 3 difficult-to-follow computer ethics commandments
   these are as follows :
   
   

   6. Thou shall not use or copy software for which you have not paid.

   7. Thou shall not use other people’s computer resources without authorization.

          I think these two commandments talk about "copyright" issues. Some of the softwares needed in our course that we are taking are too expensive and the school had only few of them bought and copyrighted, so in order for me to cope up with what our course needed I installed some of it on my Laptop. 
   I do know that it's a crime because I didn't pay it and I am not authorize to use it also. I had an option to choose opensource softwares which are also similar to that expensive softwares but some features are not present on
   it, so I still prefer to use the expensive one and have it installed on my Laptop without authorization and copyright.
   
   

   9. Thou shall think about the social consequences of the program you write.

          I believe it's hard to deal with what people will do in a program I am to write, for instance, a social networking site. I know that it can be used in bullying, malicious posts or comments and other computer related crimes even if my intension is good and not to be used in crimes, still there might be someone who will try to.
   
   
   
2. 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.
   
   1. Thou shall use a computer to promote good things.
       - Computers should be used only for good things not for destructions of ones life or property.
   
   2. Thou shall not use a computer to destroy our environment.
       - Computers are also used to control nuclear weapons and other weapon of destructions in which eventually will destroy our environment.
   
   I think these 2 new commandments are of equal importance to the existing ones since it also promotes goodness and proper usage of computers.
   
   
3. What is ransomware? Which of the 10 computer ethics commandments is/are violated by ransomware?
   
            Ransomware is a type of malware used for data kidnapping, an exploit in which the attacker encrypts the victim's data and demands payment for the decryption key. A ransomware program can be installed from an e-mail
   attachment, an infected program, or a compromised or malicious Web site.
   Malware used for this purpose is sometimes called a cryptovirus,cryptotrojan or cryptoworm.
   (http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci1180020,00.html)
   
   It violates the following computer ethics commandments :
   

   1. Thou shall not use a computer to harm other people.

   2. Thou shall not interfere with other people’s computer work.

   4. Thou shall not use a computer to steal.

   9. Thou shall think about the social consequences of the program you write.