OK get this, a substitute teacher for a 7th grade class is using her computer in the classroom and suddenly a flow if porn popups fills the screen. 6 kids testified to seeing naked men and women, and 'bodily fluids'. The teacher maintains that she is a victim of a malicious software infestation that caused her computer to spawn porn uncontrollably. One student told the court that Amero pushed his face away from the screen when she saw him looking at the racy ads.
Quote:
|
Chances are, these kids had seen porn pop-ups before. Family Safe Media estimates that boys 12 to 17 consume more internet porn than any other group. The adults at Kelly Middle School, however, were shocked and scandalized. The next week, the school sent home a notice telling parents why Amero would never teach in the district again. She was arrested shortly thereafter and charged with multiple felonies.
|
As we all know: Millions of PCs worldwide are infected with some form of malicious software. An internal Microsoft report found that four million Windows machines were infected with some form of malicious software ("malware") in mid-2006.
Quote:
|
Lounsbury told the court that Amero musts have "physically clicked" on pornographic links during class time in order to unleash the pornographic pictures. However, he admitted under cross-examination that the prosecution never even checked the computer for malware.
|
oops...looks like malware was a reason they thought of after the pretrial and never tested the computer. Call in the "expert" aka paid, Witness
Quote:
|
His exhaustive independent forensic analysis of Amero's hard drive showed that the machine had been infected with multiple pieces of malicious software before she arrived at the school, and that these hidden programs were responsible for the pornographic deluge.
|
She was sentenced guilty of four felony counts of "injury or risk of injury to, or impairing morals of, children." Each count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. No prior criminal record.
Full story, it's pretty long
http://www.alternet.org/rights/46925/
7th graders are what...13-14 years old? How much harm can a 5 second flash of a naked woman really do? Seriously, it's not like she was showing them the full length DVD of "No Holes Barred".
Frankly I'm outraged that the whole 'protect the children' rampage is overrulling common sense, including understanding technology.
Porn popups (caused by spyware) lands teacher in Jail
Hybrid Mode
