Obviously, satellites in orbit pass over a large part of the Earth's surface. They really believe it takes sophistication. It described a 15 year old who got credit card numbers off a pirate CBBS and ordered computer equipment over the phone to be sent to a vacant house. It looks to me like the wave of computer hysteria still hasn't passed. Seems to be an equally good case could be made on those grounds for warrantless searches of personal papers, and any other violations of the Bill of Rights I can think of.
Computer security is the responsibility of system managers.
There is a growing trend toward making microcomputers, often with no security systems at all, available over phone lines. Unknown phone numbers are NOT good security. Lots of kids dial numbers randomly searching for modem carriers. And there can be NO excuse for not having important data backed up. To make frequent backups should be the first thing anyone learns about computers.