Click the wrong link and the FBI come knockin ?

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Modelworks

Modelworks

Lifer
Feb 22, 2007
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I'm not too sure on this one.
I'm 100% against child porn, but not sure this is the way to go about catching people.

http://www.news.com/8301-13578...news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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.
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sandorski

sandorski

No Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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A Raid seems to be a little overkill for this. Put under surveillance would seem more appropriate. The potential for abuse of such a thing is just too great to be breaking down doors all willy nilly.
 
Kadarin

Kadarin

Lifer
Nov 23, 2001
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So you can get arrested for clicking on a link that does not, in fact, contain any child porn? There's no victim here, and no crime.
 
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Juno

Lifer
Jul 3, 2004
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Originally posted by: Kadarin
So you can get arrested for clicking on a link that does not, in fact, contain any child porn? There's no victim here, and no crime.
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what if you knew a link that contains some FBI material and you send out to people to get jailed for falling into your trick?
 
Modelworks

Modelworks

Lifer
Feb 22, 2007
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Originally posted by: sandorski
A Raid seems to be a little overkill for this. Put under surveillance would seem more appropriate. The potential for abuse of such a thing is just too great to be breaking down doors all willy nilly.
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yeah, make sure you have your wireless system really secure.
An open wifi connection could get you arrested it appears.
 
Gunslinger08

Gunslinger08

Lifer
Nov 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: Juno
Originally posted by: Kadarin
So you can get arrested for clicking on a link that does not, in fact, contain any child porn? There's no victim here, and no crime.
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what if you knew a link that contains some FBI material and you send out to people to get jailed for falling into your trick?
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FPMITA rolled?
 
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sonambulo

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Feb 22, 2004
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Originally posted by: Juno
Originally posted by: Kadarin
So you can get arrested for clicking on a link that does not, in fact, contain any child porn? There's no victim here, and no crime.
Click to expand...

what if you knew a link that contains some FBI material and you send out to people to get jailed for falling into your trick?
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You get 5 bonus points on your diabolical genius exam.
 
sandorski

sandorski

No Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: Modelworks
Originally posted by: sandorski
A Raid seems to be a little overkill for this. Put under surveillance would seem more appropriate. The potential for abuse of such a thing is just too great to be breaking down doors all willy nilly.
Click to expand...

yeah, make sure you have your wireless system really secure.
An open wifi connection could get you arrested it appears.
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Not just that, how many people have been Rick Rolled recently. The same could be done in this situation.
 
DangerAardvark

DangerAardvark

Diamond Member
Oct 22, 2004
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Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Modelworks
Originally posted by: sandorski
A Raid seems to be a little overkill for this. Put under surveillance would seem more appropriate. The potential for abuse of such a thing is just too great to be breaking down doors all willy nilly.
Click to expand...

yeah, make sure you have your wireless system really secure.
An open wifi connection could get you arrested it appears.
Click to expand...

Not just that, how many people have been Rick Rolled recently. The same could be done in this situation.
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Good god. I'm never clicking a link again.
 
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JS80

Lifer
Oct 24, 2005
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WTF this is madness. THe guy is probably a child porn addict but I hope it gets shot down in court.
 
waggy

waggy

No Lifer
Dec 14, 2000
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wow i would be amazed the courts think its ok. to many ways to trick people into clicking the link.
 
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biggestmuff

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Mar 20, 2001
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Originally posted by: Juno
Originally posted by: Kadarin
So you can get arrested for clicking on a link that does not, in fact, contain any child porn? There's no victim here, and no crime.
Click to expand...

what if you knew a link that contains some FBI material and you send out to people to get jailed for falling into your trick?
Click to expand...

That would be the ultimate office prank. Rename how the link appears and send it to your boss. Tee hee!
 
Squisher

Squisher

Lifer
Aug 17, 2000
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I have to believe some hacker is going to spam the entire government with emails containing these links in disguise.
 
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mrCide

Diamond Member
Nov 27, 1999
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This is the dumbest practice i've ever read. The people who came up with this or anyone willing to prosecute over this should be fired immediately.
 
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