Conducting Cyber Investigations · Chapter 8 215 Summary What makes computer crime so fearful to some and intriguing to others is the unknown. As investigators learn to deal with and investigate crime involving computers, many are quick to label any crime with a computer presence as a computer/cyber crime. Many of these investigators, and prose- cutors, believe that computer crimes are really new crimes; but criminals and "crime" have shown the ability time and time again to be able to adapt to new technologies. It is reasonable to question whether computer crime is just a generational phenomenon caused by a gap in computer understanding and acceptance by many older Americans that did not have the same opportuni- ties to use and learn on computers as the younger generations. Is it likely that this problem will correct itself over time? In the future, computer crime, as it is viewed today, will become nonexistent--not because crime won't exist in the future, but because computer-related crimes will be viewed for what they really are, crime.