My $0.02 worth
That court had damn well better prove beyond reasonable doubt that the actions taken were malicious, because if they find against this guy then they have opened the doors for anarchy.
Its not just about "routine" actions, as part of my job I was required to destroy hard drives. Had any of them contained evidence then this would be a criminal offense, contract or no contract.
Same with "remote access", in principle being asked to knowingly set up a router with a trivially hackable password is irresponsible at the very least and possibly even illegal under CMA.
I urge that in the event the court makes the wrong decision, every single sysadmin in the country should walk out in protest, because at that point the system is hopelessly broken.
AC, because shooting the messenger unfortunately works, in the short term.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
