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by d_runs_far 1574 days ago
Lots of chatter about the tech side, my experience is quite vintage that came back to be relevant over two decades later. In the mid 1990's, while a grad student, I was approached by a fellow student to help build 'secure image library' (the details never discussed because I didn't sign his NDA) server that could be pretty locked down. At the time, that was quite out of my league and I passed. I also passed on the project and didn't try to use it to learn more, because the guy gave my now ex-wife the creeps.

Fast forward 25+ years, his name popped up in the news as being arrested for some rather fucked up child-sex exploitation.

It did make me think how I could have contributed to potentially aiding this guy in his journey down the exploitation road so I'm quite content that I passed. I'd hate to know anything I built was used in that realm.