Since I just wrote about the case of an FBI agent's spyware catching a school principal in the act of child-porn surfing, I want to turn your attention to another writer's post on the subject. The other day, I wrote about a dad who set out to spy on his son’s online activities and wound up catching the school principal looking at child pornography. I now draw your attention to a very good post on the subject by another writer. Original post: “The strange consequences of spying“ On the Cybercrime Review website, Justin P. Webb writes that the court’s reasoning in the Weindl case was flawed. A brief excerpt: The court seemed to be quite deferential to Auther when it accepted the argument that he was more concerned about leaving than investigating the principal. Perhaps that is true, but is it not equally likely that he suspected the principal of questionable activities and, before leaving, wanted to confirm his suspicions? After all, the FBI agent did say that he was aware of the Sandusky case and that what happened at Penn State motivated some of his later actions. That coupled with the two-time failure to remove the spyware smells funny. Read the full post HERE. Related content news Gwinnett Medical Center investigating possible data breach After being contacted by Salted Hash, Gwinnett Medical Center has confirmed they're investigating a security incident By Steve Ragan Oct 02, 2018 6 mins Regulation Data Breach Hacking news Facebook: 30 million accounts impacted by security flaw (updated) In a blog post, Facebook’s VP of product management Guy Rosen said the attackers exploited a flaw in the website's 'View As' function By Steve Ragan Sep 28, 2018 4 mins Data Breach Security news Scammers pose as CNN's Wolf Blitzer, target security professionals Did they really think this would work? By Steve Ragan Sep 04, 2018 2 mins Phishing Social Engineering Security news Congress pushes MITRE to fix CVE program, suggests regular reviews and stable funding After a year of investigation into the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, the Energy and Commerce Committee has some suggestions as to how it can be improved By Steve Ragan Aug 27, 2018 3 mins Vulnerabilities Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe