What constitutes a computer crime?
by mathe | Friday, March 10th, 2006 at 5:34 pm | Life as I See it |
Generally, computer abuses that are listed in a certain country as illegal become computer crimes in that particular county. Computer crimes, their corresponding punishment/penalties and severity vary from place to place. In countries where e-commerce laws and their enforcement are rather advance, jurisprudence and examples abound already. In some, the entire concept of laws covering computer usage and abuse are still in their infancy.
There are computer abuses that are inherently wrong, like the creation of virus and unleashing it to create damage and errors in other people’s computers or networks. Or the intentional breaking into a computer system with the motive of stealing files. Intent plays a big role in determining the severity of a certain act/crime.
Spamming, on the other hand, is illegal but in other areas, it is just seen as a nuisance that people need to put up with.
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