And yes, I am familiar with Dorothy Rabinowitz, the Amiraults and cases like theirs. A certain amount of fear of the witch hunts is justified, but this thread is over the top.
At this point I think I will take your advice and STFU.
I know someone exactly like you. He was a computer geek also — knew his way around the computer pretty well. His sweet little wife is raising their two children alone, because he is serving 5 years in prison (talked into pleading guilty for a lesser sentence), all because he downloaded a bunch of music to his work laptop, and took it into the office to upload onto the network. FBI came right to his office within a few days, and he was done.
Now — he has to register FOR THE REST OF HIS NATURAL LIFE as a sex offender on Megan’s website, and when he comes home on parole (for at least 3 years after he is out of prison) he will not be able to live anywhere near minor children — including his own. Child Protective Services has already come knocking on his wife’s door, since a neighbor found the husband’s name on Megan’s List site, and she is on their radar, if she lets him come near the home once he is paroled.
These are normal, nice middle class working people who are just minding their own business, and raising their little kids. Ask HER if she thought this could happen to them. Ask her husband how he is liking prison. She lives too far away from where he is serving time to see him more than once every few months. His family has abandoned him because they cannot bear to visit him in prison.
If it can happen to THEM, it can happen to anyone.