With the mass growth of computer technology in recent years,
hacking has become more and more a common problem amongst all computer users.
There is a negative connotation around the realm of hacking, because by its
very nature it is criminal. Hacking is the stealing of information by one
person from another. But when is it acceptable? Over the past few years, Sky
News has been caught hacking into emails in order to get information for their
news stories. Sky News Chief, John Ryley, deems this acquiring of information
as “responsible journalism”. Only later they did turn in the information they
had found to the authorities. Is this an instance where hacking is acceptable?
If they hadn’t hacked into the emails they, including the authorities, may have
never gotten the information, but on the other hand they delayed in giving the
information to the authorities so that they could publish their articles first.
Another very recent instance is the Wikileaks problem. Was that an acceptable
hacking? In my opinion that hack was the biggest stab to the back that America
has had in a long time. Of course anyone can say they were doing it for the
people of America. That is the ignorant thing to say. At the end of the day
some secrets need and must stay secret, for the benefit of the world not just
the American people. Wikileaks screwed over a lot of hard working diplomats
that already have a tough job as it is.
It is my opinion that
hacking is wrong, but in the same manner that stealing or lying is wrong. Is it
bad? Yes. Is it going to happen? Of course it’s going to happen. China and the
US have currently been going through their own personal hacking war. Although
this war has been kept in the shadows, do not be fooled that it does not exist.
Hacking is one thing that will never lose its negative connotation, no matter
how much it “helps the good people of the world.”
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I agree with you that hacking is not ever going to be considered a good thing. Just like you said it is just wrong like cheating and stealing. All three of these things will always be wrong, but unfortunately there is no way to prevent them from happening.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone needs to know everything. It is too much. People argue that the American people should know everything that their government is doing, but the American people as a whole are usually not well informed and say things and critique people without understanding the whole story. Hacking isn’t really something that is okay. I look at it like this, as a parent you teach your kids the difference between right and wrong so that you can trust them in the future to make the right decision. Kids deserve some privacy too. It isn’t that different with our government. We the people elected them to office and therefore we should trust them to make effective decisions.
ReplyDeleteHacking has its place in the grand scheme of things. That being said I don't think that the ability to hack should excuse an invasion of privacy. But it happens. If you never want anyone to know, you probably shouldn't say it online.
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