Broader issues of Internet security require a balance between the government's ability to track individual identity and online activity with personal privacy. Dialogue continues in federal and state agencies, and among nations at international forums, on how to prevent future attacks from hackers. On a humorous note, any sentence should include the hacker teaching the judge how to use PGP to protect his or her email. Possible legislation on Internet security should consider requirements to install the latest software patches, or to configure software to prevent remote launches of denial of service attacks. Finally, security of personal identity shows us that while improvements are needed in authentication, much of the ecommerce revolution will continue under the present regime.
Security solves some issues and raises concern over others.
Lucky for society, judges are trained to wrestle with these difficult questions, if only we can learn to leave their private meanderings unmolested.