Bad news most likely on this front. I have worked University IT, and I can guarantee they are going to have problems.
For one, no matter how many layers of backups you have, when you are working with a bunch of 90 year old academics, they will always find a way to miss every single one.
And more grievous, Universities tend to have important data that absolutely cannot be backed up in any normal way. Data that is legally obligated to stay on one specific computer in one specific room and never leave; under penalty of legal action.
That level of insanity is why I am laughing. The bold parts specifically. When you allow people who have no clue how a system works to legislate how it works, you get this.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Restrictions like these are usually imposed by the legal IT people in the funding agency that funds the research, and they do very much understand exactly what they are doing (there are plenty of people in these agencies who are clueless, but the legal IT people are usually pretty good). Or suppose the project was doing research for the cops into identifying the makers of child porn; believe me that stuff would be locked down REAL tight.
You didn't understand the comment. I was referring to congress making laws. (federal, state what have you). Good IT people won;t be good lawyers anymore than good lawyers would be good IT people. You can't do both today there simply isnt enough hours in the day. As for pulling out the tired cp red herring, is it illegal to store and transmit CP on ANY computer? Yes it is.
Georgia: House Bill 76 - Prohibits online transmission of fighting words, obscene or vulgar speech to minors, and information related to terrorist acts and certain dangerous weapons. 3/95 Signed into law.
See United States v. Williams, 444 F.3d 1286, 1291 (11th Cir. 2006) (“In Stanley v. Georgia, [394 U.S. 557
(1969),] the Court held that privacy interests protect the right to possess obscene materials in one’s own home, but
subsequently clarified [in United States v. Orito, 413 U.S. 139, 141 (1973)] that this sanction does not extend to the
distribution or receipt of obscenity, which may be regulated on interstate commerce grounds even if the
transportation is for the recipient’s personal use.
Here's what you need to know:
1. Anyone over 17 can be charged as an adult in Georgia.
2. Anyone over 18 can be charged federally.
3. Pictures can be child pornography even though the sender is the person in the picture, so long as the person in the picture is under 18.
4. Transmission via a cell phone can be prosecuted federally, but doesn't have to be.
5. Much like statutory rape, the fact that the "victim" was an equal participant is no defense for the other participant.
6. A conviction could result in serious prison time and a LIFETIME as a registered sex offender.
Lets not play these games. You knew what I meant and wanted to be pendantic.