Computer Crime: A Increasing Problem
...today's society. The main
aspect concerning these offenses is information gained or lost. As our
government tries to take control of the information that travels through the
digital world, and across networks such as the InterNet, they also seem to be
taking away certain rights and privileges that come with these technological
advancements.
These services open a whole new doorway to communications as we know it. They
offer freedom of expression, and at the same time, freedom of privacy in the
highest possible form. Can the government reduce computer crimes, and still
allow people the right to freedom of expression and privacy?
INFORMATION CONTROL IN THE DIGITIZED WORLD
In the past decade, computer technology has expanded at an incredibly fast rate,
and the information stored on these computers has been increasing even faster.
The amount of money, military intelligence, and personal information stored on
computers has increased far beyond expectations. Governments, the military, and
the economy could not operate without the use of computers. Banks transfer
trillions of dollars every day over inter-linking networks, and more than one
billion pieces of electronic mail are passed through the world's networks daily.
It is the age of the computer network, the largest of which is known as the
InterNet. A complex web of communications inter-linking millions of computers
together -- and this number is at least doubling every year. The computer was
originally designed as a scientific and mathematical tool, to aid in performing
intense and precise calculations. However, from the large, sixty square foot
ENIAC (Electronical Numerical Integrator and Calculator) of 1946, to the three
square foot IBM PC of today, their uses have mutated and expanded far beyond
this boundary. Their almost infinite capacity and lightning speed, which is
increasing annually, and their...
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