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officials must distinguish between illegal or deliberate network
abuse versus behavior that is merely annoying. Legal systems everywhere are
busily studying ways of dealing with crimes and criminals on the Internet"
(Voss, 1996, p. 2).
There are ultimately three different views on the hacker controversy. The
first is that hacking or any intrusion on a computer is just like trespassing.
Any electric medium should be treated just like it were tangible, and all laws
should be followed as such. On the other extreme are the people that see
hacking as a privilege that falls under the right of free speech. The limits of
the law should be pushed to their farthest extent. They believe that hacking is
a right that belongs to the individual. The third group is the people that are
in the middle of the two groups. These people feel that stealing information is
a crime, and that privacy is something that hackers should not invade. They are
not as right wing as the people ...

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the time
(Anthes, 1996, p. 21). Other hackers find dubious business practices that large
corporations try to accomplish. People find this information helpful and
disturbing. However, the public may not feel that the benefits out weigh the
problems that hackers can cause. When companies find intruders in their
computer system, they strengthen their security, which costs money. Reports
indicate that hackers cost companies a total of $150 to $300 billion a year
(Steffora & Cheek, 1994, p. 43). Security system implementation is necessary to
prevent losses. The money that companies invest on security goes into the cost
of the products that they sell. This, in turn, raises the prices of ...

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