LittlePigLocksmith wrote:
When I feel like I'm doing something unethical, I usually just stop. As a general rule, if an action does not physically harm someone, deprive them of personal property or freedom, I consider it to be perfectly acceptable. This means that I consider many "crimes" including various actions that constitute felony violations of the computer fraud and abuse act to be perfecly acceptable on a purely ethical level as long as you're not stealing money, spreading malware or something malicious like that (much to the annoyance of my probation officer Charles. It's worth noting that he is a good sport about it since most of my "crimes" were committed because I felt morally obligated to break certain unjust laws and wanted everyone to know that I would not conduct myself in a way I believe is harmful to humanity as a whole just because men with guns and badges tell me to.)
Main points: Only you can decide if you're doing something wrong. We all have differend boundaries, As long as you're not hurting anyone I don't think you're doing anything wrong, I get in trouble with the police here a lot so if you want to stay out of the trouble my "commit victimless, non-violent crimes and make sure everyone knows who you are and exactly what you did" aproach won't give you the results you're looking for.
I understand what you're saying, but I'd add don't infringe on someone's privacy to your list of what a "hacker" should take into account when considering an action. Personal privacy at least, I'm not sure about corporations.
19 Dec 2013, 1:43 pm
