Topics for a paper on computing ethics..

[promposive]

I have a 6 page paper and am need of some topics for this. It has to be legal, but not ethical.
Dealing with computers, computing, the internet, programming, copyrights, etc...

Anyone have any good ideas?

 

[alexjohnson16]

Pr0n.

 

[BigJ]

Spyware, Malware, etc.

 

[So]

The RIAA.

 

[ndee]

Copyrights? In Switzerland, it's okay to download stuff but not to upload.

 

[arcenite]

Leeching Bandwidth

 

[Lonyo]

Buying domains then sitting on them in an effort to make a large profit on them when someone buys it.

 

[promposive]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Buying domains then sitting on them in an effort to make a large profit on them when someone buys it.

Ooh, I like this one. Still need a couple more though

 

[Strk]

Does it have to involve computers or is that your own little caveat?

 

[promposive]

Has to involve computers, its for a "Software engineering and ethics" class

 

[Shadowknight]

Cracking a SO's e-mail/cookies/whatever to see what they've been getting or doing, to see if they are cheating on you.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

eBay sniping?

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: arcenite
Leeching images

I'd say expand that to leeching bandwith. Because if you're just using an image for something like a report or whatever, you have to cite it, otherwise you just plagiarized.

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: DonVito
eBay sniping?

pplll

 

[gnumantsc]

How about white-hat hackers who test a company's security and get jailed for helping out a company?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: gnumantsc
How about white-hat hackers who test a company's security and get jailed for helping out a company?

That is just the opposite - ethical but illegal, no?

 

[promposive]

Thanks guys, I think I have all I need now, some very good topics in here. I am always horrible at coming up with topics, wish I asked sooner
Thanks again!

 

[HardcoreRobot]

freeipods?

is wireless leeching illegal?

 

[DaWhim]

selling some stuffs like ghettopoly

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: DonVito
eBay sniping?

There is NOTHING unethical about sniping. Sniping exists only because most buyers unwisely neglect to use the proxy bidding system eBay provides for their benefit.

Quite simply, if you bid what you REALLY consider your max ONE time, anyone who outbids you (regardless of when the bid is placed) should leave you thinking "I wouldn't pay that much, take it". If a sniper's last minute shot at an outbid is lower than your propery-placed proxy bid max, congrats, you have your item. Buyers need to stop feeling sorry for themselves and be honest about how much they'd spend on an item.

Sorry, but this topic always gets under my skin.

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
is wireless leeching illegal?

There is now legal precedent that this can indeed be prosecuted.