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Reconnaissance From my experience in the past it has always appeared as if every encounter or interaction with doing a job or dealing with anyone, there was an area in which I could play in the gray area on my decisions or actions.

The world looks takes ethics and creates a gray area that allows someone to justify their actions. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, ethics are a set of moral principles that govern a person's behavior or an activity, or it is a consciousness of moral importance.

However, from the Biblical worldview God teaches us throughout His scriptures about ethics and we find that His definition of ethics is absolute. For example, Leviticus 19:18 ESV, "You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning" or Leviticus 19:11 ESV, "You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another." God gave us the Decalogue (Ten Commandments) which are the foundation of all our ethics. According to God's words, gathering information on a target without written consent is a sin, thus making it unethical.

That makes you a thief. If consent was not given to perform any type of scanning and it was done anyway, this is not honoring God or representative of His character. It is also important to note that scanning without permission could violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (as amended 1994 and 1996) (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 2018).

If someone is port scanning to find a device on the network, they could be breaking the ISP's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and the administrator does not know what that person's intent is (Legal Isues, n.d.). There may be gray areas in the definition of what is ethical or not when gathering information without consent, but God clearly spells out what is morally right and wrong.

If the question, "Should I do be doing this" ever cross the mind about an action or behavior then whatever it is that is being done is probably wrong. God has given every person a conscience. When the word conscience is broken down, con means with and science means knowledge. Whenever you're leading with your conscience it means that the decision is being made with knowledge.

Every action has a consequence, good or bad. If the state find that someone has acted unethically in accessing another person's computer and gathered information could face penalties up to 10 years in prison.

According to Romans 14:22, each one of us must give an account to what we have done and 2 Corinthians 5:10, God will judge each one of us according to our works, good or evil.

So, it is imperative that we walk in righteousness daily so that we may stay within the law and most importantly, remain in the grace of God. Apart from God, we are just empty shells left to our own devices and we are guaranteed to fail.

References Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). (2018). Retrieved from National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Legal Isues. (n.d.). Retrieved from Nmap.