Hacktivism at Its Best

Hacktivism

Many people through out the world use the internet in way you can’t imagine. Hacktivism being a virtual way to make a statement for the world to see is only the beginning. A recent demonstration of hacktivism followed the death of a Chinese airman when his jet fighter collided with a U.S. surveillance plane in April 2001. Chinese and American hacktivist from both countries hacked Web sites and used them as "blackboards" for their statements. This is only an example of what hacktivist are capable of. This in my opinion is not ethical. I do understand they are making a point but the way to make the point is all wrong.

Let’s get into what should be considered ethical and unethical. You can understand that many jobs have ethical rules or guidelines that are to always be followed but aren’t. You have some people who fine loop holes around everything. For instance, one example of an unethical situation is when a politician supports changing the law so that her investment will make money. This is something that is legal to do. Is it right, I do not think so but it is ethical for the person? Many people can argue what they feel is ethical and unethical. It is up to the law to honestly determine what is or isn’t. Ethical and unethical behavior is the big picture. There is now the "Code of Ethics" and it has a set of rules that nurses take an oath to as well and many other employers in different fields around the world. As for a nurse You are to treat the patients you care for with dignity and there to tend to their needs. Unethical behavior is ignoring your patients, slapping, being rough in any way, shape or form or, in some cases taking the life of a patient because the nurse feels the person is too far gone to live.

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...difficult to try and tell someone that ethics and moral are important for an individual or our society. Hacktivism being a recent adaptation of computer hacking has spread through out the world consistently from years ago. Some are political activists trying to make a point and achieve some goals and getting through tot the people. Hacktivist show society what the new problems are in the world without permission of the law. Some show what could happen if there was a full on cyber terrorism placed against us. In the end, these actions that were used to only show what could happen have turned into being a message that shows us they are just as dangerous as anyone else. The fear people have of hackers is about the same as criminals on the street.

There are three areas of cyber conflict that hackers choose to think are the ethical issues, but are the most problematic.