Digital+Law

6."**Digital Law**: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds Digital law deals with the ethics of technology within a society. Unethical use manifests itself in form of theft and/or crime. Ethical use manifests itself in the form of abiding by the laws of society. Users need to understand that stealing or causing damage to other people’s work, identity, or property online is a crime. There are certain rules of society that users need to be aware in a ethical society. These laws apply to anyone who works or plays online. Hacking into others information, downloading illegal music, plagiarizing, creating destructive worms, viruses or creating Trojan Horses, sending spam, or stealing anyone’s identify or property is unethical." (Ribble)




 * =1. File sharing sites= || File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information. ||
 * =2. Pirating= || Pirating is the unauthorized copying of software ||
 * =3. Hacking= || Hacking is the unauthorized changing of a program to provide extra functions to that program. ||
 * =4. Identity Theft= || Identity theft is a crime committed when people impersonate others -- usually for financial gain. ||
 * =5. Viruses, Trojan Horses, Worms= || A virus is a piece of code loaded onto your computer against your will that can take up all memory and bring your system to a halt.

A Trojan horse is is a destructive program which introduces other viruses into your computer system.

A worm is a malicious program that is similar to a virus in its actions, but it can be introduced to other computers without human action. ||

Source: Ribble, Mike. "Nine Elements." //Digital Citizenship: Using Technology// //Appropiately//. N.p., 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2011.

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