Computers are taken way too Seriously

Do you have any idea how easy it would be for me to access your computer and plant evidence that would get you thrown in jail? Granted I don't do it every day so I couldn't do it overnight but I could probably come up with a fairly undetectable scheme in a couple weeks.

I could plant evidence of anything from credit card scams and identity theft to child pornography. And the vast majority of people are so ignorant of how vulnerable computers are everyone automatically assumes the charges are true since it's on a computer.

We have all heard the story of how this or that government official got caught with child porn on his computer. But do you realize we are talking about a government official which inevitably has enemies that might want him pushed out or disgraced. Files on a computer mean nothing. The only real evidence is catching a person sitting in front of the computer while he is committing the act.

With bush and the right wingers clamoring about cracking down on civil liberties under the guise of protecting children, it scares me. Sounds to me like pedophiles are being groomed as witches in a new witch hunt. It's too horrific a crime so we'll presume he's guilty until he proves himself innocent. We are talking children here! No red blooded American would dare put a child at risk over something as trivial as civil liberties!