This subject makes me wonder if some Catholics who've been found with child-porn on their laptops might have been set up. I don't have any reason to believe this has happened in any particular case, and as I said, I'm very ignorant when it comes to computers. I'm sure I wasn't the only Catholic who was shocked by the news that a certain Canadian bishop admitted he was guilty of that particular offense. But even if he's really guilty, I still wonder how he was caught. Is it normal procedure for people traveling with laptops to have them examined? I think he was crossing an international border when he was caught.
It's possible, but more likely, these Catholic prelates
wanted to be caught. The hard-core "kiddie porn" pedos never (or, at least, very, very rarely) get caught. I've "met" some of these folks (all men) on computer security forums, and while they, of course, never admit to the sin and crime of downloading and/or producing child porn, they do make it "crystal clear" that they are into that sort of thing and like to "brag" about it along with their expert knowledge of computer encryption, spoofing, proxies, etc. Of course, they all post anonymously and so I have no idea who they are or where they live.
Computer security is a legitimate area of study and of society, but as with firearms, it can be and is abused by criminals, as well as by nation states!