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I worked on a secure project a very long time ago. A very smart guy (he was working on the operating system for a military avionics computer) printed out some c

I worked on a secure project a very long time ago. A very smart guy (he was working on the operating system for a military avionics computer) printed out some child porn photos on a company color printer. (This was long enough ago that good quality color printers were very expensive, not like now when you can buy a color printer for less than $100.) He got walked out. I don't know what other consequences he suffered. Being smart doesn't mean you can't do something really stupid.

partyboat1586 6y ago
Smart != Wise
fortran77 6y ago
See "The Rise and Fall of Patrick Naughton" https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-patrick-naughton/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-patrick-n...
- Wistar 6y ago
  I remember that well. Didn't know the guy but I knew several who did know him before the bust but, oddly enough, very few after.
- tasty_freeze 6y ago
  His wikipedia entry ends with: > He ended up serving no prison time, in exchange for working for the FBI for free for a year.
- dennisgorelik 6y ago
  ~~~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Naughton#Sex_crime_arrest_and_conviction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Naughton#Sex_crime_arr... He ended up serving no prison time, in exchange for working for the FBI for free for a year. ~~~
- lxe 6y ago
  That was so brief... Nowadays articles like this are 10 times as long and detailed.
bluedino 6y ago
I worked somewhere that had that happen. The FBI showed up with Yahoo messenger logs from our IP address, they wanted to take our file servers etc (he didn’t save anything on our network, but was signing into those sites while at work) They ended up having to come back the next day with a new warrant because he was at a branch office but their internet was from a point to point connected to the main office. They took his pc and I provided them with a months worth of squid logs. We had just spent like $4500 on a new CAD workstation for him. He’s still in prison.

partyboat1586 6y ago

Smart != Wise

fortran77 6y ago

See "The Rise and Fall of Patrick Naughton" https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-patrick-naughton/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-patrick-n...

Wistar 6y ago
I remember that well. Didn't know the guy but I knew several who did know him before the bust but, oddly enough, very few after.
tasty_freeze 6y ago
His wikipedia entry ends with: > He ended up serving no prison time, in exchange for working for the FBI for free for a year.
dennisgorelik 6y ago
~~~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Naughton#Sex_crime_arrest_and_conviction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Naughton#Sex_crime_arr... He ended up serving no prison time, in exchange for working for the FBI for free for a year. ~~~
lxe 6y ago
That was so brief... Nowadays articles like this are 10 times as long and detailed.

bluedino 6y ago

I worked somewhere that had that happen. The FBI showed up with Yahoo messenger logs from our IP address, they wanted to take our file servers etc (he didn’t save anything on our network, but was signing into those sites while at work) They ended up having to come back the next day with a new warrant because he was at a branch office but their internet was from a point to point connected to the main office. They took his pc and I provided them with a months worth of squid logs. We had just spent like $4500 on a new CAD workstation for him. He’s still in prison.