Christian Views On Cyber Crime

The next major question that one must ask is, how should Christians view crime and the laws pertaining it. First of all, Christians should be involved in the political systems and should shape the laws to reflect what we believe. Laws should be Biblically based and should encourage people to stray from sin. They should be focused around the Ten Commandments, and should reflect the teaching of Jesus. In DLVK I-6 Charles Adams says, “We need to remember that there are always two levels of authority higher than any we might find given by any institution: the authority of our own conscience, and finally God’s authority as expressed in his Word.” While many laws do reflect this authority it is important for us to remember who is truly in control …show more content…
Companies are constantly working to improve the security of computers but the nature of the internet does not favor security, it favors crime. When looking at the design of the internet it is clear that hacking a server and stealing information is much easier than making a completely secure server. Joshua Corman, a leader in developing ideas on how to deal with this issue, explains this very well in a documentary about cyber security. “The nature of this domain, the nature of cyber, so to speak, is offense is really easy and defense is really really hard.” He compares the internet to a soccer game where you can score very easily but have a difficult time playing defense, because of this you will almost abandon playing defense and only attempt to score goals in order to win the game. Josh is mostly talking about cyber crime, but this also relates to identity theft. Playing defense, or protecting information on the internet, is much more difficult than stealing it. This is a major flaw in the design of the internet. As humans, we want to trust people to do the right thing and believe that they will only use technology for good. But, when a piece of technology is easier to use for bad than for good we need to take a step back and reevaluate the design. This issue goes beyond computers, all technology has an inherent bias designed into it. If this bias favors and …show more content…
There are already many steps being taken to reduce cyber crime and increase the safety of the internet. Currently there are new laws being passed that punish perpetrators. These laws are being updated to meet technological advances and even plan ahead for future advances. But, laws can only do so much. The government is also working very hard to increase the publics understanding of the internet. This is an important step that we as Christians should be apart of. We should insure that all forms to technology that we are invested in are understood by our users. We could also use this teaching as a way to share the gospel with others. While measures like these do help reduce the problem they do not solve it. The responsibly of security goes beyond the government and should be addressed at the root of the problem, the technology itself. Those who design the technology should be held accountable for making safe, secure software that can not be hacked. This is not going to be easy, it is going to require original, creative thinking that will reshape how we view and use technology. It should lead technological users to engage in common sense so that they understand what they are doing and are no longer passive in their use of the internet. This change is going to be difficult it will require us to slow down and stop developing new technology and focus on developing good technology. Creating perfect software however, is not