Tindakan Hacking dan Profesi Hacker: Persoalan Etis antara Utilitarianisme dan Deontologi

Abstract

This research was conducted to see concrete evidence of the ethical theory of utilitarianism and the ethical theory of obligation or deontology on the issue of hackers as a profession and the act of hacking, where both of these things are still difficult to determine as a good thing or a bad thing because of the many types of hackers who have their own backgrounds and motives such as gray hat hackers and vigilante hackers. This research method is quantitative descriptive research, with data sources obtained from a survey method in the form of a questionnaire. The population in this study are people who know or have heard the concept of hackers and hacking, with a sample obtained through random sampling techniques totaling 100 respondents. The results of the questionnaire showed a division of respondents' opinions on several questions concerning the issue of gray hat hackers and vigilante hackers. Respondents' opinions on the concept of gray hat hackers were 46 agreed (46%), 11 strongly agreed (11%), 30 disagreed (30%), and 13 strongly disagreed (13%). Respondents' opinions on the vigilante hacker concept were 35 agreed (35%), 11 strongly agreed (11%), 42 disagreed (42%), 12 strongly disagreed (12%). Agreeing and strongly agreeing opinions are a form of utilitarianism that recognizes gray hat hackers and vigilante hackers are a good thing because they are beneficial to most people, while disagreeing and strongly disagreeing opinions show a deontological view that considers gray hat hackers and vigilante hackers as a bad thing because hacking is an illegal act. By introducing the concepts of gray hat hackers and vigilante hackers, this research has successfully shown concrete evidence of both theories.