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When computer security fails: you may go to jail
February 27, 2007

Everyone will have heard about Julie Amero, the small-town substitute teacher, who got convicted in court for exposing seventh-grade students to pornographic material on her classroom computer. Computer expert W. Herbert Horner testified for the defense that the images were the result of incessant pop-up ads served by spyware on the classroom computer. Because the license on Web-filtering software at her school had lapsed, according to published reports. As a result, pop-ups that appeared on the classroom PC also included pornographic images.

So, evidently, if this happens to you because the school has been neglecting their updates then you can get convicted and face 40 years in jail, just like Julie Amero. We are keeping track of this story and its details.


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