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    The document outlines 10 commandments of computer ethics: 1) Do not use computers to harm others or steal. This includes viruses, hacking, and illegal activities. 2) Respect others' work and privacy by not interfering with or snooping on other users' computers and files without permission. 3) Do not spread misinformation or false claims online. Think about how programs could impact society, such as whether animated content is appropriate for children.

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    The document outlines 10 commandments of computer ethics: 1) Do not use computers to harm others or steal. This includes viruses, hacking, and illegal activities. 2) Respect others' work and privacy by not interfering with or snooping on other users' computers and files without permission. 3) Do not spread misinformation or false claims online. Think about how programs could impact society, such as whether animated content is appropriate for children.

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    The document outlines 10 commandments of computer ethics: 1) Do not use computers to harm others or steal. This includes viruses, hacking, and illegal activities. 2) Respect others' work and privacy by not interfering with or snooping on other users' computers and files without permission. 3) Do not spread misinformation or false claims online. Think about how programs could impact society, such as whether animated content is appropriate for children.

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    The Ten Commandments of computer ethics

    1) Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people: If it is unethical to harm
    people by making a bomb, for example, it is equally bad to write a program that handles
    the timing of the bomb. Or, to put it more simply, if it is bad to steal and destroy other
    peoples books and notebooks, it is equally bad to access and destroy their files.
    2) Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work: Computer viruses are
    small programs that disrupt other peoples computer work by destroying their files, taking
    huge amounts of computer time or memory, or by simply displaying annoying messages.
    Generating and consciously spreading computer viruses is unethical.
    3) Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's files: Reading other peoples e-mail
    messages is as bad as opening and reading their letters: This is invading their privacy.
    Obtaining other peoples non-public files should be judged the same way as breaking into
    their rooms and stealing their documents. Text documents on the Internet may be
    protected by encryption.
    4) Thou shalt not use a computer to steal: Using a computer to break into the accounts
    of a company or a bank and transferring money should be judged the same way as
    robbery. It is illegal and there are strict laws against it.
    5) Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness: The Internet can spread untruth
    as fast as it can spread truth. Putting out false "information" to the world is bad. For
    instance, spreading false rumors about a person or false propaganda about historical
    events is wrong.
    6) Thou shalt not use or copy software for which you have not paid: Software is an
    intellectual product. In that way, it is like a book: Obtaining illegal copies of copyrighted
    software is as bad as photocopying a copyrighted book. There are laws against both.
    Information about the copyright owner can be embedded by a process
    called watermarking into pictures in the digital format.
    7) Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without
    authorization: Multiuser systems use user ids and passwords to enforce their memory
    and time allocations, and to safeguard information. You should not try to bypass this
    authorization system. Hacking a system to break and bypass the authorization is
    unethical.
    8) Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output: For example, the
    programs you write for the projects assigned in this course are your own intellectual
    output. Copying somebody elses program without proper authorization is software

    piracy and is unethical. Intellectual property is a form of ownership, and may be


    protected by copyright laws.
    9) Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write: You
    have to think about computer issues in a more general social framework: Can the
    program yo u write be used in a way that is harmful to society? For example, if you are
    working for an animation house, and are producing animated films for children, you are
    responsible for their contents. Do the animations include scenes that can be harmful to
    /children? In the United States, the Communications Decency Act was an attempt by
    lawmakers to ban certain types of content from Internet websites to protect young
    children from harmful material. That law was struck down because it violated the free
    speech principles in that country's constitution. The discussion, of course, is going on.
    10) Thou shalt use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect: Just like
    public buses or banks, people using computer communications systems may find
    themselves in situations where there is some form of queuing and you have to wait for
    your turn and generally be nice to other people in the environment. The fact that you
    cannot see the people you are interacting with does not mean that you can be rude to
    them.

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