I was recently asked to write about the RIAA John Doe and Jane Doe lawsuits. While I may be against anonymity on the internet, I’m thoroughly opposed to John and Jane Doe lawsuits for a variety of reasons. “In 2004, the Recording Industry Association of America...
I was recently asked: “How has American life been affected by the US Patriot Act? Provide one example each of the Patriot Act’s impact on the online community, the technical industry and the law enforcement community. Explain whether the examples you used have had a...
While in no way comprehensive, this is a list of four types of computer crimes complete with real life examples of individuals involved: CASE 1: My first case is a classic example of a salami attack (Samaha, 2008). A salami attack according to Samaha (2008) is when a...
I was recently asked this question: “Do you think it’s necessary to create new terms for “ordinary” crimes committed with more advanced tools? Is cyberstalking simply stalking using the internet?” To adequately answer a seemingly simple yet...
This was an extra credit assignment I completed for a cybercrime course in the fall of 2010, the question was: “Write a new amendment to the Constitution which covers criminal cases involving computers that are forefathers would have written had they been alive today....
