Won't somebody please think of the children!

"Luckily, it seems as if the spyware-made-me-do-it defense doesn't cut it in court." Link

Extremely lucky, considering nobody apparently bothered to scan for spyware on the PC in question. I am of course referring to the teacher convicted of, well, pretty much everything apart from Murder One (give it time, I'm sure they'll make that stick too) because some porno popups (probably caused by spyware) were viewed by school kids.

You do realise, I could probably wander into that school with a chainsaw, kill everybody and STILL get less than 40 years? Yet some kids see a bunch of porn popups and suddenly, a teacher is worse than Hitler. Awesome.

What a joke of a case. Judges falling asleep, nobody bothering to, you know, scan for spyware and about a zillion other examples of rampant stupidity. I suggest someone puts the PC in a fedex case, sends it over to me and lets someone who knows what they're doing have a look at it. Though it wouldn't surprise me if someone already wiped it, or accidentally lost it in a cupboard somewhere.

....Alex E gets jiggy with it here.