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Link for story and creepy pervert guy
Oh wait did you click that link? You're going to jail for trying to get child porn.
Just a brief snip, the article is lengthy but found here
Child porn is down there on the list of bad folks, but this is a chickenshit way to go about trying to catch them.
What about people getting tricked into clicking links? Or an employee using someone else's computer, or an open wi-fi connection, etc.
But it's for the children! :roll:
Oh wait did you click that link? You're going to jail for trying to get child porn.
FBI posts fake hyperlinks to snare child porn suspects
Posted by Declan McCullagh | 201 comments
The FBI has recently adopted a novel investigative technique: posting hyperlinks that purport to be illegal videos of minors having sex, and then raiding the homes of anyone willing to click on them.
Undercover FBI agents used this hyperlink-enticement technique, which directed Internet users to a clandestine government server, to stage armed raids of homes in Pennsylvania, New York, and Nevada last year. The supposed video files actually were gibberish and contained no illegal images.
A CNET News.com review of legal documents shows that courts have approved of this technique, even though it raises questions about entrapment, the problems of identifying who's using an open wireless connection--and whether anyone who clicks on a FBI link that contains no child pornography should be automatically subject to a dawn raid by federal police.
Roderick Vosburgh, a doctoral student at Temple University who also taught history at La Salle University, was raided at home in February 2007 after he allegedly clicked on the FBI's hyperlink. Federal agents knocked on the door around 7 a.m., falsely claiming they wanted to talk to Vosburgh about his car. Once he opened the door, they threw him to the ground outside his house and handcuffed him.
Vosburgh was charged with violating federal law, which criminalizes "attempts" to download child pornography with up to 10 years in prison. Last November, a jury found Vosburgh guilty on that count, and a sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 22, at which point Vosburgh could face three to four years in prison.
The implications of the FBI's hyperlink-enticement technique are sweeping. Using the same logic and legal arguments, federal agents could send unsolicited e-mail messages to millions of Americans advertising illegal narcotics or child pornography--and raid people who click on the links embedded in the spam messages. The bureau could register the "unlawfulimages.com" domain name and prosecute intentional visitors. And so on.
Just a brief snip, the article is lengthy but found here
Child porn is down there on the list of bad folks, but this is a chickenshit way to go about trying to catch them.
What about people getting tricked into clicking links? Or an employee using someone else's computer, or an open wi-fi connection, etc.
But it's for the children! :roll: