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  • On the post: The FBI Is Apparently Paying Geek Squad Members To Dig Around In Computers For Evidence Of Criminal Activity

    Animedude5555 ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2017 @ 01:15pm

    Re: Dangerous Territory...

    Big difference between nude art (even if the subject is underage), and child porn. The courts have constantly ruled that nudity without a sexual element (like a lewd pose, or the genitals being the obvious main point of the photo) is not child porn. In fact, you can see nude photographic art of children in the Guggenheim art museum in New York City.
    https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/sally-mann

  • On the post: The FBI Is Apparently Paying Geek Squad Members To Dig Around In Computers For Evidence Of Criminal Activity

    Animedude5555 ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2017 @ 01:09pm

    Re:

    Maybe so, but that could easily be overturned in court by suggesting that it had been planted by the GeekSquad guy. This would put enough doubt in the minds of the jury that they would probably acquit. And then the investigation would turn to the GeekSquad guy, because if in fact he had planted it, then that means he knowingly had it in his possession, which makes him guilty of possession of CP. So the GeekSquad guy would end up serving hard time.

    And the GeekSquad guys know this. That's why they never would do something so STUPID as planting CP on somebody's computer, no matter how greedy they were for that FBI reward money.

  • On the post: The FBI Is Apparently Paying Geek Squad Members To Dig Around In Computers For Evidence Of Criminal Activity

    Animedude5555 ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2017 @ 01:04pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    He could have just checked a couple images after recovery, as a spot check, to make sure that the recovery had completed successfully. It could be that just by chance one of the images he checked turned out to be CP.

  • On the post: FBI Releases A Stack Of Redactions In Response To FOIA Request For Info On Its Purchased iPhone Hack

    Animedude5555 ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2017 @ 05:19pm

    Full doc?

    Where can I find the full PDF document? I don't want to see just a few clips of it posted on Twitter.

  • On the post: Judge Says FBI's Child Porn Investigation Bordered On 'Outrageous,' Lets It Keep All Of Its Evidence

    Animedude5555 ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2017 @ 04:58pm

    The reason this worked, is because in our society we regard pedophiles as the worst of the worst. Worse than murderers. Worse than Satan himself. And even if an action would be illegal for the FBI to take, in perusing any other kind of case (robbery, arson, even murder) the FBI will be allowed to get away with it in the cases involving pedophiles. And I completely agree. Our country's future, and indeed humanity's future, lies with our children. Yet children are the most vulnerable members of society. As such they deserve to be protected more than anybody else, and those who would harm children deserve to be punished more strongly than anybody else. There should be no hindered in finding and arresting pedophiles. The FBI should be allowed to do WHATEVER it needs to do, in order to collect the evidence it needs to effectively prosecute pedophiles. And I do agree that many of the techniques that they should be permitted to use when going after pedophiles, they should NOT be permitted to use in ANY other kind of case they may be working on (simply due to how powerful and unconstitutional some of those techniques might be). However, the constitution should NOT be permitted to hinder the FBI when it comes catching and prosecuting pedophiles.

  • On the post: FBI's NIT Hit 8,000 Computers In 120 Countries… As Did The Child Porn It Was Redistributing

    Animedude5555 ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2017 @ 04:42pm

    So they distributed CP in other countries. But the act of actually acquiring the images actually required pedos to visit the FBI's pedo site. So it required an explicit act from the pedo to download the stuff. It wasn't like the FBI planted child porn on the pedo's computer.

  • On the post: FBI Dismisses Child Porn Prosecution After Refusing To Hand Over Details On Its Hacking Tool

    Animedude5555 ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2017 @ 04:38pm

    Why let the pedophiles walk? Wasn't this exactly what the NIT tool was made for? They say they can't reveal it because it must be left secret for later use on other (and presumably even worse) criminals? But wait, aren't pedophiles the WORST OF THE WORST?! If you aren't willing to show all your cards now, in order to secure a conviction of these sick pedos, and are instead going to save that for use on someone else, who is that someone else? Who do they think are worse than PEDOPHILES?

  • On the post: The FBI Is Apparently Paying Geek Squad Members To Dig Around In Computers For Evidence Of Criminal Activity

    Animedude5555 ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2017 @ 11:37am

    Actually this is legal.

    I guess you never have heard of a reward before. Those Best Buy employees are not actual FBI employees. They were informed of a reward by the FBI. Any intentional digging around computers they did, wasn't ordered by the FBI, but rather was just the individuals trying to cash in on the reward offered by the FBI. Intentionally seeking out a criminal or information on a criminal, so as to be able to claim a reward, is called being a bounty hunter. It is 100% legal.

  • On the post: TSA Warns Against Evil Photographers Taking Pictures Of Planes

    Animedude5555 ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2014 @ 02:14pm

    Here's how I'd look at it.

    Look at the guy in the picture. He's wearing a hoodie. It's a clear sunny day, no rain. Just a few clouds near the horizon. A person doesn't wear a hood in good weather, unless they are trying to conceal their identity. This person's hoodie is suspicious. Their camera would not normally be suspicious at all, but with them wearing a hoodie on a sunny day that camera becomes very suspicious. When analyzing a situation, one must look at ALL the facts. Just as one shouldn't jump to the assumption that someone is a terrorist when there is a lack of evidence, one should not also dismiss the possibility that something bad is going on when there is a significant amount of evidence pointing to the idea that something bad IS going on. If I saw in real life, exactly what I saw in the picture shown above, I would dial 911 and report it, and then let the cops sort it out. If that guy was wearing a hoodie on a sunny day, but did not have a camera, I'd keep an eye on him, but not immediately call the police (unless and until I saw him do something that I felt deserved to be reported). If the guy just had a camera and was taking pictures, but was not wearing a hoodie, I'd not think it was even slightly suspicious.