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Jilted Lover Jailed for Internet Monitoring

Kelly Jackson Higgins writes on Dark Reading:

Jealous husbands, beware: If you've ever entertained the idea of spying on your wife's Internet activity and email, think about Shawn Macleod, who recently learned he'd be spending four years in the slammer for secretly installing Internet monitoring software on his estranged wife's computer.

Macleod, of Austin, Texas, reportedly used a tool called SpyRecon to gather logs of the sites she had surfed and emails she had sent, and was charged with wiretapping, or "unlawful interception of electronic communication," a felony that can carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. His attorney says his client, who pleaded guilty in May, probably didn't know that his actions were unlawful.

posted by Fergie @ 11/15/2007 01:51:00 PM