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  • Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life
    (felis madjewicus)
    • Jul 2006
    • 20368

    #101
    Originally posted by NOTR
    Good find. Pretty smart actually now that I think about it, they spread the files amongst different hosts.
    True, you show as a hit to all 4 files, it is going to be pretty hard to pass that as accidental...

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    • baddog
      So Fucking Banned
      • Apr 2001
      • 107089

      #102
      Originally posted by directfiesta
      You should look up what ENTRAPMENT is ....
      You should read the thread. I did post the definition. I am sorry, I did not look up the difference between US law and Canadian law, but since we are talking about the FBI, US law should suffice.

      Originally posted by Libertine
      I have to say, clicking something like that is pretty damning.

      On the other hand, a danger is that someone could shorten an url like that with a service like tinyurl, and post it on other boards.
      Coulda, woulda, shoulda. They didn't. This is not entrapment, it is a sting.

      Originally posted by NOTR
      Good find. Pretty smart actually now that I think about it, they spread the files amongst different hosts.
      It isn't like they don't know how to do this.

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      • Libertine
        sex dwarf
        • May 2002
        • 17860

        #103
        Originally posted by baddog
        Coulda, woulda, shoulda. They didn't. This is not entrapment, it is a sting.
        The thing is... how do you know someone else didn't do just that?

        The goal isn't to get to know that someone most likely did something, but that he did it beyond a shadow of a doubt. In this particular case, clicking the link provides a perfect reason for seizing someone's computers and storage media, but without a decent amount of other evidence (e.g. a stash of cp), it's still a problematic case.
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        • baddog
          So Fucking Banned
          • Apr 2001
          • 107089

          #104
          Originally posted by Libertine
          The thing is... how do you know someone else didn't do just that?
          Nothing is going to convince you that the man isn't trying to keep you down, is there?

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          • $5 submissions
            I help you SUCCEED
            • Nov 2003
            • 32189

            #105
            Originally posted by USUALENT
            interesting view of entrapment
            It's not just my "view", it's the current state of US law regarding Entrapment.

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            • Libertine
              sex dwarf
              • May 2002
              • 17860

              #106
              Originally posted by baddog
              Nothing is going to convince you that the man isn't trying to keep you down, is there?
              Nothing to do with "the man" keeping anyone down.

              It's about running the risk of convicting innocent people, even when the chance of that happening is very small.
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              • baddog
                So Fucking Banned
                • Apr 2001
                • 107089

                #107
                Originally posted by Libertine
                Nothing to do with "the man" keeping anyone down.

                It's about running the risk of convicting innocent people, even when the chance of that happening is very small.
                So you make up scenarios and avoid doing anything because someone might do something.

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                • qxm
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2006
                  • 5970

                  #108
                  fuck.. thats crazy.. BUT it would work best if they did a full background check or investigate the people who click those links BEFORE they raid anybody's home.... However, I think... just a hunch here... that they might be getting more hits that they can possibly handle ...

                  From any perspective ... its scary shit...

                  ICQ: 266990876

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                  • Libertine
                    sex dwarf
                    • May 2002
                    • 17860

                    #109
                    Originally posted by baddog
                    So you make up scenarios and avoid doing anything because someone might do something.
                    I don't make up scenarios. Rather, I apply existing scenarios to this situation.

                    On 4chan, a while back, it was pretty popular to trick people into searching for "lolita" on a site which then produced a page that their illegal search had been recorded and that their information had been passed on to the FBI. At first, it was simply done by telling them to search for that site, later on people switched to url masking.

                    When honeypot links for the FBI were first mentioned in the news, quite a while back, there were hundreds of threads on 4chan hypothesizing about how best to find them and trick people into visiting them.

                    Some parts of the internet are filled with people who would consider it the ultimate prank to get a random stranger arrested for supposedly trying to download cp.

                    In cases like this, you HAVE to be aware of the fact that there are people out there who will abuse this if possible.

                    Just a few weeks ago, a kid got arrested over here for using his neighbors' unsecured wireless network to announce a school shooting. It was a "prank", of course. Had he known more about technology, his neighbors would be sitting in prison now because of his prank.
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                    • SuckOnThis
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 6844

                      #110
                      Originally posted by NOTR
                      Do you really think the FBI will go after any random person that clicks on the link? You don't think they check referrer logs to see if it actually came from the pedo forums they were targeting?
                      Yes and no they didnt:

                      'When anyone visited the upload.sytes.net site, the FBI recorded the Internet Protocol address of the remote computer. There's no evidence the referring site was recorded as well, meaning the FBI couldn't tell if the visitor found the links through Ranchi or another source such as an e-mail message.'

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                      • spacedog
                        Yes that IS me. Bitch.
                        • Nov 2001
                        • 14149

                        #111
                        Know what? If some sick fuck is willing to click a link claiming to have illegal shit, then fuck them!! Let them get what they fucking deserve for wanting to see whatever it was that they said it was

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                        • Rakie
                          Confirmed User
                          • Mar 2009
                          • 147

                          #112
                          Originally posted by baddog
                          Nothing is going to convince you that the man isn't trying to keep you down, is there?
                          You raise very valid points and arguments, however that doesn't change the fact that the average "idiot" surfer might click on something because they say "Ahhh, NO WAY <click>" and then what ? Id guarantee, people seeing this on a regular forum (Not a pedophile forum) would assume it was some kinda joke, or link to something that's not actually child porn.

                          Lots of people are idiots, and curious... I don't see how this can be fair to the average 'tard, so many people could easily make this mistake. Not even taking into account those who find the link and change it's name.

                          Right now, you could change the link name, put it on a random forum in the "Off Topic" section with the post named "LOL " with a few laughing smiley faces.. It'll get like, 50 clicks easy. And that's innocent people that could get screwed over from somebody else screwing with them (You know plenty of people would do something like that just for fun, we got a lot of sicko's around)
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                          • Barefootsies
                            Choice is an Illusion
                            • Feb 2005
                            • 42635

                            #113
                            Originally posted by SuckOnThis
                            As long as there is profit in convicting people of crimes this shit will continue and get worse.
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                            • DWB
                              Registered User
                              • Jul 2003
                              • 31779

                              #114
                              VPN or proxy with Euro or Asian IP.

                              Problem solved.

                              Click away.

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                              • pornguy
                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                • Mar 2003
                                • 62910

                                #115
                                Originally posted by Fletch XXX
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                                in most instances, entrapment is when no crime was actually commited but cop got you to go along with him and then you are charged.

                                no crime commited, no law broken, = no charge
                                Actually I think they define entrapment as " convincing you to do something you would not NORMALLY do "

                                And as for no crime committed no law broken? Hell they convicted a man for murder and had NO BODY!
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                                • BFT3K
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Dec 2005
                                  • 10764

                                  #116
                                  Is this link entrapment?...

                                  http://www.break.com/geico/return-of-numa-numa-guy.html

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                                  • d-null
                                    . . .
                                    • Apr 2007
                                    • 13724

                                    #117
                                    Originally posted by BFT3K
                                    like you really expect us to click that in lieu of this topic?

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                                    • Iron Fist
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Dec 2006
                                      • 23400

                                      #118
                                      I would NEVER EVER click a link that clearly advertises the content as CP. Not even in curiosity... those that do, well you need to get a morality check... and quick.
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                                      • rowan
                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                        • Mar 2002
                                        • 17393

                                        #119
                                        Originally posted by pornask
                                        Google already stores and has been storing records of all your searches in their ever growing database. Without their cookie which contains unique identifier, the search engine will refuse to work.
                                        1. *.google.com -> go via tor
                                        2. manually delete Google cookies once or twice a day to break the chain

                                        Works for me. Google can GGF.

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                                        • smutnut
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Jul 2007
                                          • 5889

                                          #120
                                          Originally posted by baddog


                                          Yeah, I can see how someone that was just "curious" might have accidentally clicked that. How many boards do you hang out at that a thread with that topic would have lasted more than five minutes.



                                          Pretend you have a clue. CP stings are not targeting those looking at 17 year olds.



                                          Stop with the logic.
                                          Wow, that would be a pretty hard document to call entrapment!

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                                          • paymeback
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • May 2005
                                            • 1478

                                            #121
                                            I remember they done these "honey pots" with hacking back in the old days. Setup a range of fbi computer with open ports, fake data, and let people hack their way in, it didn't take long till the hackers worked out the ip ranges the feds were using and then published them online, the funny thing is most of the honey pots would of probably been bots apart of a larger botnet setup on mum and dad pc's lol.
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                                            • DWB
                                              Registered User
                                              • Jul 2003
                                              • 31779

                                              #122
                                              Yikes, just saw that 4yo image.

                                              Yea, no getting out of that one. NO reason to click that shit.

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                                              • baddog
                                                So Fucking Banned
                                                • Apr 2001
                                                • 107089

                                                #123
                                                Originally posted by smutnut
                                                Wow, that would be a pretty hard document to call entrapment!
                                                Yet the idiots insist it is.

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                                                • smutnut
                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                  • Jul 2007
                                                  • 5889

                                                  #124
                                                  Originally posted by baddog
                                                  Yet the idiots insist it is.
                                                  I still can't help wondering if their resources wouldn't be better used trying to infiltrate legitimate sites and producers of this stuff as opposed to fabricating the sties and picking up the scraps the way they do drug users as opposed to drug dealers (not that this is even a legit comparison).

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                                                  • baddog
                                                    So Fucking Banned
                                                    • Apr 2001
                                                    • 107089

                                                    #125
                                                    Originally posted by smutnut
                                                    I still can't help wondering if their resources wouldn't be better used trying to infiltrate legitimate sites and producers of this stuff as opposed to fabricating the sties and picking up the scraps the way they do drug users as opposed to drug dealers (not that this is even a legit comparison).
                                                    I suspect they do both . . . just like they do with drugs and prostitution.

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                                                    • MrMaxwell
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Jul 2005
                                                      • 10057

                                                      #126
                                                      How do they define a "click"?
                                                      The IP is logged if some one is haplessly redirected..

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                                                      • JaneB

                                                        #127
                                                        Originally posted by BFT3K
                                                        Haha. Nice video.

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                                                        • TimBlaze
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Oct 2006
                                                          • 1625

                                                          #128
                                                          Usa! Usa! Usa! Usa!
                                                          Roll that shit, light that shit,

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                                                          • MrMaxwell
                                                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                            • Jul 2005
                                                            • 10057

                                                            #129
                                                            Originally posted by TimBlaze
                                                            Usa! Usa! Usa! Usa!
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                                                            • MrMaxwell
                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                              • Jul 2005
                                                              • 10057

                                                              #130
                                                              This is an example of the states going down hill.
                                                              It use to be that any one who even TALKED ABOUT thinking ch*ldren were sexy would be SHOT TO DEATH. Now, people can serve ten years at the push of a button? Yea, I hate ch*ld porn, and I think that this sounds dangerous as hell to innocent people.

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                                                              • Libertine
                                                                sex dwarf
                                                                • May 2002
                                                                • 17860

                                                                #131
                                                                Originally posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
                                                                Yikes, just saw that 4yo image.

                                                                Yea, no getting out of that one. NO reason to click that shit.
                                                                Check out this awesome video:
                                                                http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh
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                                                                • polish_aristocrat
                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                                  • 40377

                                                                  #132
                                                                  Originally posted by Libertine
                                                                  Check out this awesome video:
                                                                  http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh
                                                                  well, baddog thinks when you arrest 100 people and 85 of them are actual pedos, then it's also justified to arrest those 15 innocent ones... and fuck up their family lifes or jobs...
                                                                  I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                                  • dav3
                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                    • May 2007
                                                                    • 7348

                                                                    #133
                                                                    Originally posted by Libertine
                                                                    Check out this awesome video:
                                                                    http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh
                                                                    Just as long as they log the referrer to avoid ppl getting 'pranked' into clicking that link, like that tiny url for instance. Busting real pedos, yea, fuck them. But busting innocent ppl that click on a tiny url and pretty much ruining their lives because some asstard thought it was funny, no.

                                                                    If you've ever been rickrolled, then you've clicked on something that wasn't what you thought it was, which is pretty much every net user.

                                                                    Fuck, I'm scared to click any tinyurls now. Even though I doubt you really linked to that shit. But still, you can't tell what's on the other side of that link unless you click it.
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                                                                    • tony299
                                                                      lurker
                                                                      • Aug 2002
                                                                      • 57021

                                                                      #134
                                                                      When I took a criminal law class, the professor taught it is better to have 100 guilty go free than a innocent man to be convicted of a crime .That has changed dramatically. its becoming more and more guilty until proven innocent.

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                                                                      • Libertine
                                                                        sex dwarf
                                                                        • May 2002
                                                                        • 17860

                                                                        #135
                                                                        Originally posted by dav3
                                                                        Just as long as they log the referrer to avoid ppl getting 'pranked' into clicking that link, like that tiny url for instance. Busting real pedos, yea, fuck them. But busting innocent ppl that click on a tiny url and pretty much ruining their lives because some asstard thought it was funny, no.

                                                                        If you've ever been rickrolled, then you've clicked on something that wasn't what you thought it was, which is pretty much every net user.

                                                                        Fuck, I'm scared to click any tinyurls now. Even though I doubt you really linked to that shit. But still, you can't tell what's on the other side of that link unless you click it.
                                                                        The article states that there is no evidence that they logged the referrer.

                                                                        Now, there is the issue of the two thumbnails. However, in the article it states that he visited a 4chan-related site. That means that in all likelihood, he also visited /b/ on 4chan. If you consider that trolls occasionally post cp there, and that IE automatically caches images, it's not very surprising that that would be on his computer. (note for the oblivious: no, 4chan is not a cp site - it's the second largest forum on the internet, with millions of visitors)

                                                                        So, that leaves his ip in the logs of that FBI site. Url cloaking, iframes on a website or an insecure wireless connection could all explain that.

                                                                        Now, is the guy actually guilty? Probably, yes. I'd say there's a 99% chance that he is guilty. What worries me, however, is the 1% chance that he isn't. If there was credible evidence on his HD, it would be different, but there wasn't. He got convicted based on two things, both of which could have happened without any criminal intent on his part.

                                                                        A major problem in today's society is that judges, juries, law enforcement and attorneys are largely clueless when it comes to computers. A few months ago, I had the "pleasure" of explaining and showing Freenet to a professor specialized in IT law. He had never even heard of it before.
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