There are many
ways you can mis-use your computer, because computers are being mis-used
frequently the parliament has started a project called “The Computer Mis-use
Act” and have created 3 new offences to persuade people to use their computers
correctly. These new offences are;
1)
Accessing
computer material without permission, eg looking at someone else’s files.
2)
Accessing
computer material without permission with intent to commit further criminal
offences, eg hacking into the bank’s computer and wanting to increase the
amount in your account.
3)
Altering computer
data without permission, eg writing a virus to destroy someone else’s data, or
actually changing the money in another account.
Other mis-use of
computers and communication systems come in several different forms;
1)
Hacking
2)
Unauthorised
transferring and copying
3)
Copying and
distributing copyrighted software
4)
Email and chat
room abuses
5)
Pornography
6)
Identity and
financial abuse
7)
Writing viruses
To prevent some
of these issues the parliament and the government;
1)
Has created a
copyright law that provides
protection for the copyright owners covering the copying of written, musical or
film work on computers.
2)
Have closed down some chat rooms where children are vulnerable to put a stop
to internet abuse.
3)
Reduce email
spamming by telling
people to not reply to anonymous emails,
set filters on their email accounts, report spammers to ISPs because they are
making a blacklist for email abusers
and passing laws to punish persistent spammers with heavy fines.
