CS 192 modules 11-13

1. What is computer crime?

      Our world today is surrounded by different kinds of unlawful people who are there watching us waiting for the moment to take the action and as the technology arise, people are intended to used new methods that would do  the trick. When the computer was born the crime becomes its twin and it was called computer crime. Computer crime is s any unlawful activity that is done using a computer. Any means that would harm other people or do damages. With this new way of crime a person may be able to conduct unlawful activity with more anonymity and may be able to get away with more before he is caught.The most common name for those who have done computer crimes are so called "THE HACKERS". which do anything just to enter  a system and do what he pleased to do.

2. One example of a computer crime 

    " Selling of Pirated copy of video games over the internet"

COLUMBUS – Qiang “Michael” Bi, 36, of Powell was sentenced in United States District Court

here to 30 months incarceration for selling more than 35,000 illegally copied computer games

over the Internet between 2005 and 2009. He will also be required to make restitution to the

companies who created the games. The amount of restitution is yet to be determined.

According to a statement of facts read during Bi’s plea hearing, agents executed a search warrant

at Bi’s house and found multiple CD duplicators and more than 1,000 printed counterfeit CDs.

Some of the CDs were still in the duplicator. During their investigation, agents learned that Bi

would buy a single copy of a game, illegally duplicate it and sell the copies on eBay.com and

Amazon.com. He also set up a website for customers to download the games they bought. Bi

accepted payment through eBay and PayPal accounts in his name and in others’ names.

Bi sold more than 35,000 copies of counterfeit software games between 2005 and December

2009. The games were original works of more than 60 different software companies. The

estimated total retail value of the games is about $700,000. He sold each counterfeit game for

around $9.95.

source: http://www.cybercrime.gov/biSent.pdf

3. Visit this site. http://www.crime-research.org/news/09.07.2008/3443/

This is the site that features the first Hacking crime being filed in the

Philippines.

Question:

What is stated in section 33a of Republic Act 8792

Section 33. Penalties

(a) Hacking or crackling with refers to unauthorized access into or interference in a computer system/server or information and communication system; or any access in order to corrupt, alter, steal, or destroy using a computer or other similar information and communication devices, without the knowledge and consent of the owner of the computer or information and communications system, including the introduction of computer viruses and the like, resulting in the corruption, destruction, alteration, theft or loss of electronic data messages or electronic documents shall be punished by a minimum fine of One Hundred Thousand pesos (P 100,000.00) and a maximum commensurate to the damage incurred and a mandatory imprisonment of six (6) months to three (3) years;

source:  http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2000/ra_8792_2000.html

 4. The office who caters with the IPR concerns is the Office of the Director of Research and Extension (ODREx) and the head of the office is Dr. Othello Capuno.

"mail order bride" industry in cyberspace.

Lots of people are having trouble in marriage. As the age increase it’s the time to look for a men or women that they could have for the rest of their life but some people are tired of looking for a perfect partner. Others may say “Is it destiny not to have someone who would love me?” but bec. There is this Internet, marriage today is not difficult at all, people date for a short time and what’s next? It’s the marriage but after that? Couple problem and then divorce. What a life….
Websites such as www.findsomeromance.com or Filipinaeyes.com are being visit by people who are interested in having a lifetime partner.they offer mail order bride but behind that, its like their trying to sell women who are so called female escort. They show information about the women and the male would just pick who he want. People behind this scene are abusive. They don’t think about the worst part, all they care is the money. This act is unethical at all, it destroy the image of what relationship is. This includes the slavery and prostitution that is a big violation to human dignity.
there is a site the tells about the facts about mail order bride http://listverse.com/2010/02/17/top-10-facts-about-mail-order-brides/ and the no. 9 gives me an interest bec. It talk about the danger involved. It is definitely correct, in having this type of affair, the danger is there. People who becomes partner due to this kind of method are not inlove at all. Those couple doesn’t know each other at all. some report talks about a wife that is being murdered. Some men also who seek a wife are just for them to have a maid.
There is great difference between the mail order brides industry or companies that produce escort services and meeting someone over the Internet in a chat room. In the chatting, you are the one who choose who you want to talk to. If there is someone you like, you could have time knowing him/her before you come to a decision in marrying him/her. You are free to decide if you want to expose yourself or not. In mail order bride, you apply to become a female escort in which if someone would like you then he’s the one for you. Sometimes women are being abused bec. Of these. But both of this are just reasons, reasons of what? In our country, women marries foreigner not bec they love them but because they just want to earn money or become rich. One said “I never thought this idea would even cross my mind but it might be the easiest way to make good money fast. I am a student and have loads of bills to pay. I would like to hear about anyone who is or was an escort who could tell me what to expect. I have never done anything like that so I am not sure if it would be right for me...” from: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101227220116AAa9HSJ


In Our growing industry, this kind of relationship is a sort like arranged marriage. You are being paired to someone that you don’t want but you must. The only different is just in arranged marriage, your family already decide while in mail order bride, you are the one who put yourself to have an arranged marriage.

Computer ethics (its about the law)

1.If any case I would be to included to formulate a law regarding in computing, here are the law’s that I would intend to make:

1.                            Hacking the University’s System must be prohibited. The University’s System must be protected because it contains important information’s that belongs to the staff and students of the university Student who do these things at the University must be subjected to expulsion.

2.                            Student that would pass wrong information that would cause in panic or hurt other people through the Internet must receive such punishment like suspension or like university service.

2. According to the definition of ethics, it can be connected to the norms or
   custom of the society. What could be ethical to one, could be unethical to
   another. If this is the case, in which ethics seem to be subjective in nature,
   why is there a need to study computer ethics at all? Support your opinion with
   facts.

Helping other people like sharing information on how to download mp3’s or video’s from the internet would be an ethical because of helping them but the case is your just trying to make them criminals by stealing others work. It depends on which side you prefer. 

There is still a need to study computer ethics at all. It would guide people how to react in computer world. There are times that we have to decide what are we are trying to do. It would remind us that what we are doing is not ethical at all or we just over passing the limitation of ethics.

In computer ethics, we learned what is right and what is wrong. All I can say is that not all the time being ethical are useful, sometimes we must think what is more important. I’m not saying that do the bad things, Like for example, a friend of you is in need of a software that he/she could used In his/her project and he/she couldn’t find a cd that contain this thing. Its just in the internet, in computer ethics, it is not legal to used unlicensed softwares and you are good at cracking. So what should you do? Are you still going to continue helping this friend bec. You are helping him/her or just do nothing bec. You are abiding the ethics rule.? Its difficult sometimes to decide in such scenario.

3. There are 4 types of non-jural law. Divine, natural, moral and physical. If
you are to practice just one type of the non-jural law for the entire existence
of your life, what would it be and why?

            I would prefer to practice the Natural law.  As Aristotle notes that “aside from the "particular" laws that each people has set up for itself, there is a "common" law that is according to nature.” I am not saying that im contradicting to other law such as divine which came from the gods will. As christian we follow this law. what im talking about the law that is common to all of us as human beings. Divine law only applies to us christian but how about other religions? As a person we are not perfect, we made mistakes in life. Like for example in moral law. being to be in 3^rd sex is consider to abide the law but how about your principle?, what you choose in life , what you want to be? People like them have to be threated fairly. In going back to natural law, this law talks about the things that is good and bad. We may see that among the non jural law there are things that are common. This things are natural, it just being inherit from the past. These are obvious, these are ethics. Being good to others is an ethical way and doing bad things to others are un ethical. See its just us who made the decisions.

           

all about me!!!

1. what would you like to be 5 years from now?

In thinking for the future, having a good life would be the best thing that I could have. 5 years from now I want to be a successful editor/animator of any companies that work with movies. Having this goal would make me more comfortable because of having some interest with this cool stuff. I am looking forward also in achieving a successful business like an own Photoshop or net café. Having a simple life would make my life be more productive.

2. if you will be a full  pledge programmer 5 years from now, what program would you do and why?

I would improve the thesis that I made and program this in a 3d environment; in that case I could make this game be popular as other games that exist. I am more interest In Filipino works especially in promoting Filipino inventions or discoveries.

3. if you are a machine, what would you be and why?

I want to love to be a clock, so people would know how important I am to them. People would need me for them to be on time.

Its typical to be such  a simple machine yet to become this kind of tool people are dependent to it. People realize how a day start and how does it ends.

how to download videos from the internet easier?

 dec. 10, 2010

if your watching a video from a video site like youtube and you want to put this on your ipods, mp4 or cellphones heres a tip for you....

1. download the IDM (www.internetdownloadmanager.com) this is your key to the video.
2. install IDM in your computer.
3. after installing, open your internet browser and start looking for a video.
4. if you have found one, and by watching you could see a button in the right head of the video that say's
"download this with idm", click this.it will start to download the video.
5. after finish downloading the video dont copy it right away in to your mp4 or cellphones, because it is a .flv type. what you have to do is to convert this in mp4 or 3gp format.
6. install video converter or of if you dont have try to download from the internet. there are lots of converter. try format factory, total video converter or any video converter.
7. after installing, convert the video file and bingo. its time for you to copy this in to your gadgets and enjoy watching.

note: you could also convert this to a different format

enjoy.....