The article explains how many e-crimes are being treated unfairly and the people found guilty for these crimes are charged with an unreasonable sentence. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act was created in 1986, but needs various improvements to be up to date with to today’s internet. With the CFAA, almost anybody can be prosecuted and convicted of a violation for minor actions that seem harmless, such as using a roommate’s Netflix account.
The ethical issues identified in the article are e-crimes are treated unfairly and prosecutors are sentenced for lengthy periods of time for minor offenses. Aaron Swartz could have faced 50 years because he downloaded articles from “a paid archive to which he had a subscription” from the campus network. The
The ethical issues identified in the article are e-crimes are treated unfairly and prosecutors are sentenced for lengthy periods of time for minor offenses. Aaron Swartz could have faced 50 years because he downloaded articles from “a paid archive to which he had a subscription” from the campus network. The