Yep...sounds about right, you can't go after the person that wrote the spyware in the first place so that only leaves the targeted computer user. Yep...sounds about right.
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People who WRITE spyware,
People who WRITE spyware, Virus and send SPAM, should be hunted down and fined/jailed. Remember ALL computer users on the NET are the people that lose out.
What would George Bush do??
What would George Bush do??
He'd probably bomb Iran,
He'd probably bomb Iran, claiming that they harbor spyware writers and pop-ups of mass destruction. After it became obvious that they didn't, he'd claim that he did it to spread democracy. Then, after a few thousand senseless deaths and no end in sight, he'd say, "If we leave now, the spyware makers will only be emboldened."
A New Trial at the Very Least
As there are no true "We have a match!" moments in real investigations of forensic evidence like hair and cloth samples, it isn't at all surprising that the forensics involved in this case were, at best, muddled. The reactionary activity of both law enforcement and the school administration stamped big, clumsy, muddy feet all other this one. We'd like to think our authorities are above being seized by reflexive "sentence first, investigation later (if ever)" responses in cases involving the proximity of porn and children—where clear thinking is of particular importance—but that so often isn't the case, so we will continue to see messes like this happen.
misreps
Interesting that they refer to the laptop twice as being hers. If I remember right, it was not, and she was told not to turn it off by the person who set it up that morning to use as she substituted in that classroom.