Computer Ethics Over the years, we have seen an enormous increase in the presences of technology in our society. Along with the increase usage, there unfortunately has been an increased need to determine what is right or wrong when it comes to technology and computer. Every society has its rules about whether certain acts are ethical or not which for the most part are written into laws or some type of legal regulations/policy. The same can be said in the area of computers, our actions while computing can be either ethical or unethical. One of the biggest issues facing us today is the gaining of illegal access to and usage of other people’s private information.
Computers provide us with new capabilities and enable us to input, process and output information far beyond and far faster than what is humanly possible. Because of this, computer users must be very cognizant when it comes what information they are putting on the internet. In the excerpt from the Value Inquiry Books Series (2014. P. 90-92), author H. Lodewyckx expresses his concerns on the lack of the ability to have true privacy through technology and computers. “..The question arises concerning the spamming, hacking and cracking of
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(November 13, 2016). The ethical issue presented in this article is identity theft, which is a clear example of privacy invasion and unethical technology use. According to the article, the increased use of cellphones and technology has enabled hackers to access your personal information using your phone number the same as they can with your social security number. According to Lohr (2014), it is becoming easier and more common for hackers to use your phone number to gain your personal information because unlike social security numbers, phone numbers are not legally regulated and companies are not required to keep them