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Re:Porn-loving US official spreads malware to government net... by jihadjihad on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @10:46AM (#18336943)
> How can someone spend all day at work browsing porn and jeopardize the network with malware/viruses and still be employed?

After doing some government consulting work, this does not surprise me in the slightest.

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Re:Porn-loving US official spreads malware to government net... by PopePompous on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @10:52AM (#18337006)
Actually, when I was a Fed worker, I was told that browsing porn sites was one of the very few things that could lead to immediate termination, without the usual Civil Service procedures (which take years to play out).
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Re:Porn-loving US official spreads malware to government net... by lamarpye on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @03:25PM (#18340436)
The operative word here is "could".
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