Sunbeltblog comments
Have you ever talked to Steve Gibson from GRC.com. He IMHO is the absoulte authority on security. He does a Podcast with Leo Laporte called Security Now. www.twit.tv They have been educating people on security for over a year now. Very good stuff.
It is not just the ignorance that is playing a big part here. It can also be the DA trying to make a name for him or her self. Even when the DA should know better, and has the resources to do some real investigating, it is still possible that the ego of the DA gets in the way of justice. One example is Mike Nifong in the Duke lacross case. When the DA thinks he or she can score points and sees the case as a way of getting re-elected, it is always a question whether or not justice even comes in to play. In Julie Amero's case, she was lucky that folks like Alex got word of it, and was able to get others involved.
And again, Julie was lucky to get a judge that was willing to ignore the DA and listen to the real experts.
I second Tom Koenig's Post, same reasons.
This is a great idea. There needs to be a basic education in the schools for teachers, administrators and in business right from the CEO's on down for them to understand the basics of security and what to do if by accident something happens. The problem right now is because there is so much zero tolerance with these things that if someone accidently accesses something that is infected with malware, etc. they are afraid to tell anyone. Wonder why, the obvious is just look what happened to Julie. Living in Connecticut and having lived in Norwich until just 4 years ago I took a great interest in this case. My children went to these schools. I know people who work there and children that attend there. I was amazed how scared some of them were to even mention the case never mind discuss it. And that is because they were afraid of what might happen to them and I do understand it. And the most horrible thing was how many I spoke to that just didn't have a clue regarding security what so ever, nor do they still understand what or how malicious malware, adware, trojans, worms or any of it works. A good portion of these teachers are in the later 30 to 40 year old group who have little or no training or experience with computers. We must educate not only our educators and business people but our judicial system too. If you have any ideas how a what I call a computer commoner like myself can help in the effort, let me know.
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