Word: computerizes
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At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an article on the front page of the university's publication "Tech Talk" last Wednesday reiterated MIT's official policy towards computer crimes and the possible legal penalties involved.
Harvard professors said that the University would not reprint its policy, which is stated in the "Handbook for Students." However, faculty in the computer science department said they are discussing the possibility of requiring graduate students to take a course in ethics and technology.
"Until the Morris incident. I was sure that a course teaching ethics to our students was not needed. Now I'm not so sure," said Mckay Professor of Computer Science Mark Friedell. "We have always just expected students who matriculated at Harvard to be able to tell the difference between...
The proper perspective, according to MIT network manager Jeffrey I. Schiller, is "to view computers and computer information as property. Breaking into computers is just as wrong as breaking into a house."
Schiller believes people's notions of what constitutes a crime need revision. People do not acknowledge the seriousness of computer crimes because they do not involve physical force, he said. In fact, the programmer can even commit the crimes from within his own home, giving him a greater feeling of...