Tomorrow's thieves.
As they become more sophisticated and more popular, computers will provide abundant opportunities for misuse and theft. Electronic fund transfer systems, which have ready access to cash and credit, are a prime target for thieves. Statistics show that arrests for forgery and fraud have already incr...
| Published in: | Futurist Vol. 22; pp. 24 - 29 |
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World Future Society
September/October 1988
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| Summary: | As they become more sophisticated and more popular, computers will provide abundant opportunities for misuse and theft. Electronic fund transfer systems, which have ready access to cash and credit, are a prime target for thieves. Statistics show that arrests for forgery and fraud have already increased dramatically in the United States in the last 20 years. The lack of effective law-enforcement technology to combat computer fraud is compounding the problem. Laws against computer misuse will proliferate as law enforcers struggle to keep up with criminals. A sidebar notes the correlation between increases in fraud rates and in the median age in the United States and Canada. |
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