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wiretapping. The analysis has concluded with the effects of wiretapping laws as they relate to future
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governmental wiretapping and how it effects both public and private liberties. Legislation has had a
major impact on the uses and the stigma of wiretapping for the war on terrorism. This paper also
analyzes the ethical and legal concerns inherent when discussing the benefits and concerns of
wiretapping. The analysis has concluded with the effects of wiretapping laws as they relate to future
government actions in their fight against terrorists.
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3. *Benefits
*Promotes Freedom of Speech and democracy
*Free speech is a birth right and I am grateful to
Hacktivist to set a platform for that.
*Plus all the points and evidence as provided by my
colleagues in their presentation.
6. *Violated Law’s
*Ci vi l Di s o bedi enc e
*Pers o na l Info rm a ti o n Pro tec ti o n A c t
*Defa m a ti o n (Pro tec ti o n o f o ne’s
Reputa ti o n)
*Elec tro ni c s Co m m uni c ati o n Pri va c y A c t
*Ri ght to Pri va c y
*Many More
7. *Law’s Against Hacktivism
*Subsection 342.1(1) – unauthorized use of computer
*Subsection 430(1.1) – mischief in related to data of the
criminal code RSC 1985, c. C-46
*Section 184.1 Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)
clearly specifies that Every one who, by means of any
electro-magnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other device,
wilfully intercepts a private communication is guilty of an
indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding five years.
*18 U.S.C. Section 1030 Computer fraud and Abuse Act was
modified for DDOS attack in the case United State Vs
Dennis in the District of Alaska 2001
*Many More
9. *
*April 17 – 19, 2011 Sony Play Station Network Outage –
Massive breach in Online Video game network leading to a
theft of 77 million user account detail including personal
and financial information.
*Anonymous – “For Once We Didn’t Do It,” though admitting
“it could be the case that other Anons have acted by
themselves.”
*In 2013 United Kingdom Information Commissioner's Office
charged Sony with a £250,000 penalty for putting a large
amount of personal and financial data of PSN clients at risk.
– Victim became the culprit.
10. *Evidence 2
*Dog War – an android gaming app was launched and an
animal lover Hacktivist decided to act against it.
*A malicious app claiming to be the version of the game
launched under the name “Dogowar”.
*Once started, the app sends text messages to numbers in
the user’s address book saying, “I take pleasure in
hurting small animals, just thought you should know
that.” It also sends a text to a number that signs the
user up for a text-alert service operated by People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
11. *Evidence 3
*Cyber-Activist Jeremy Hammond Sentenced to 10 Years In Prison, Rolling
Stone, Nov. 15, 2013
*Hacked Private Intelligent Firm, linked 5 million e-mail private messages
to WiKiLeaks in 2012, $ 700,000 donated to non-profit groups.
*Majority public came for his support as everyone believed he did it for a
noble cause.
*Jeremy Hammond – Arrested for possessing Marijuana in Nov 2004 and
Dec 2010. Found Guilty on 7 Dec, 2006 for 2 years in federal prison and 3
years of Probation for breaking into computer System of Protest Warriors
a group that targeted anti-Iraq War Activities. He was also found guilty
to hack politically conserved website and stealing it’s computer
database including credit card information. Arrested again on 25 March
2010 for throwing glasses and chairs inside a restaurant to kick out David
Irving’s guest. On 29 November, 2010 he was found guilty for tearing
down Chicago 2016 and burning it to protest Chicago bid for the 2016
Summer Olympics. The big Stratfor Case on 5 March 2012.
13. *Evidence 3 cont..
*Judge L o r e t t a A . P r e s k a called Jerry “unrepentant
recidivism.” and stated following points related to the case.
*There is a "desperate need to promote respect for the
law," as well as “need for adequate public deterrence.”
*“There will not be any unwarranted sentencing disparity”
with respective to UK’s court decision.
*Hammond’s activities did not line up with his activist
motivations: he “broke into critical systems, destroyed
files,” and sought to dump online information, in addition
to defacing Stratfor’s website.”
14. *The Italian Court of Cassation against
'Anonymous
*Supreme Court – Judgment of December 16, 2013 n. 50620
*“It is not the group in its entirety and general purpose to be
considered illegal, but some ‘cells’ with criminal plans are”.
“Beyond the ideal values, what matters is the shared program and
what ways are followed to meet the objectives of the group”
*“According to art. 416 of the Criminal Code, criminal conspiracy
exists in the presence of an agreement to illegally enter other
people’s websites. The purpose of the values pursued by the
members, which coincides with the principles that are widely
shared among society, does not exclude the possibility of criminal
association”.
15.
16. *Negative Impact
*Victim Becomes Accused – Evidence 1
*Damaging Society – Evidence 2
*Taking Law Lightly –Evidence 3
*Freedom of Speech does not mean invading other’s
right of speech.
*Act of Hacktivism manipulates many young minds in
the wrong direction
*Provocation – Hacktivism is not similar to the Rosa
Park incident where she refused to give up seat to
a white passenger in Montgomery, during 1950’s
which at the time was crime. It provokes people
to harm the accused via technology.
17. *Summary
*“Hacktivism is a Tactic not a philosophy”.
*Constitution is absolute which forms the foundation of a
civilized society.
*If you say Hacktivism promotes freedom of speech than
same way we do say ideology promotes peace irrelative of
which ideology.
*It’s not justified when people like Mafiaboy says “he did
everything just to test the security” and than knocking off
server’s of Yahoo and few other websites.
18. CONCLUSION
Robin hood looks good in story books not in reality, people
have shed their share of sweat too to be successful in today’s
world.
Self Proclaimed public representatives are similar to slow
poisoning, we won’t realize its ill effects soon but by the time it is
exposed it would be too late.