F12.3 Computer misuse and the law

Write which_law(action) using the rules in the lesson: an action mentioning password, hack or malware is the Computer Misuse Act 1990; one mentioning personal or customer details is the Data Protection Act 2018; one mentioning copy or pirate is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; anything else is no law matched. Check each action in actions, ignoring capital letters, and print <action>: <law>. At the end print unmatched: <n>.

# the two lines every program starts with: the commands, then the robot
from bugbot import *
connect()

actions = [
    "Guessing a teacher's password",
    "Selling customer details to an advertiser",
    "Sharing a pirate copy of a game",
    "Writing your own program",
    "Installing malware on a school PC",
]

The hint students can ask for: In which_law, lower the action then check the words in order: password/hack/malware, personal/customer details, copy/pirate. Count the ones that match no law.

A solution

from bugbot import *
connect()
actions = [
    "Guessing a teacher's password",
    "Selling customer details to an advertiser",
    "Sharing a pirate copy of a game",
    "Writing your own program",
    "Installing malware on a school PC",
]

def which_law(action):
    a = action.lower()
    if "password" in a or "hack" in a or "malware" in a:
        return "Computer Misuse Act 1990"
    if "personal" in a or "customer details" in a:
        return "Data Protection Act 2018"
    if "copy" in a or "pirate" in a:
        return "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988"
    return "no law matched"

unmatched = 0
for action in actions:
    law = which_law(action)
    if law == "no law matched":
        unmatched = unmatched + 1
    print(f"{action}: {law}")
print("unmatched:", unmatched)

Any program that meets the task's checks is marked correct in the simulator; this is one way, not the only way.