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Introduction Legality, piracy, ethics, effects, moral dilemmas, motives, age, involvement, types - encryption are all main issues in Computer Crimes in todays world. How do we determine someone fate? Computer crime has become such a hot topic in the media since the middle of the 1980's. By now most of us would have probably recognize the names of some of the prominent "hackers" such as Kevin Mitnick or Robert Morris, which I will touch upon …

…shaped around us, but regardless of this there will always be computer crime. What we must really decide is how to punish it. How should intent factor into computer break-ins? Should all break-ins be considered equally unethical or would those where the intruder only intended to have a look around be seen as more of a misdemeanor than a felony? In conclusion, the field of computer crime will indeed be an interesting passage to follow.