SEX AND THE SINGLE SYSADMIN: The risks of carrying graphic sexual materials.

SEX AND THE SINGLE SYSADMIN:
The risks of carrying graphic sexual materials.

Internet World March/April 1994 issue

By Mike Godwin

(mnemonic@eff.org)

It’s the kind of nightmare that will cause any sysadmin to bolt upright in bed, shaking, gripping the sheets with white- knuckled fingers.

In this nightmare scenario, the facts are simple: you hear a knock at the door, you answer to discover grim-faced law-enforcement agents holding a search warrant, and you are forced to stand by helplessly while they seize your system to search it for obscene or child-pornographic images.

In some versions of the nightmare, you may not even have known your hard disk contained such images; in others, your lack of knowledge may prove to be no defense in a criminal prosecution for possession of child pornography. Continue reading “SEX AND THE SINGLE SYSADMIN: The risks of carrying graphic sexual materials.”

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