"L. Adrian Griffis" <agriffis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part: >I think you are right that ultimately, the legal system needs to >handle this sort of case within its normal processes. But in the >sort term, my fear is that most people have no idea just how vulnerable >internet exposed MS Windows systems typically are. This story appeared in "The London Daily Telegraph" two years ago last April. A man was found innocent in the British courts of possessing and distributing child pornography because it was accepted that his computer had been hacked, that some unknown person had installed the pornography and a distribution system for it, and that the owner hadn't known the materials were present on his system. The finding of innocent occurred after the defendent had spent a year in jail awaiting trial, denied bail because the crime of which he was accused made him a danger to the community. During that year he had lost his job, his wife, his children, his house, and his car -- everything, in short. It's a true story, and it's what can happen when the justice system works through its "process". This guy got processed right properly. I tell it around here when people ask me "just what's so bad about being hacked?" That's also a true story. Horrifying, isn't it? Best regards, Neil Dickey, Ph.D. Research Associate/Sysop Geology Department Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 60115
