Child pornography

July 12th 2016

The FBI Says Its Malware Isn’t Malware Because the FBI Is Good

The FBI is facing accusations that malware it deployed while running Operation Playpen, a sting that infiltrated and maintained a dark web child pornography website for two weeks and eventually led to more than 100 arrests, was illegal. But the agency swears that using malware was good because, well, the FBI had good intentions. Some…

Tech News William Turton Jul 12

May 16th 2016

These Twitter Ads Could Be Exposing You to Malware Attacks

Over the past four days, some Twitter users have been noticing something strange: a flurry of tweets that appear to depict a young person removing their underwear. They’re “promoted tweets”—essentially ads users have paid Twitter put in people’s timelines whether they’re following the advertiser or not. Brands and celebrities use them to promote themselves. But…

Tech News Avery Ellis May 16

August 5th 2014

The FBI Is Infecting Tor Users with Malware to Catch Kiddie Porn Creeps

Tor’s had a tough week. Just a few days ago, the organization made the difficult announcement that an attack on their system likely stripped users of anonymity. Now, Wired reports that the FBI effort has been running a campaign to identify Tor users by installing malware on their computersfor years, virtually uncheckedby the courts. The…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Aug 5

November 5th 2013

This virtual 10-year-old-girl just outed 1,000 sexual predators

A Dutch organization called Terre des Hommes has identified some 1,000 alleged child-sex predators by luring them in with a computer-animated prepubescent Philippine girl on Internet chat rooms. The online victimization of children, it would appear, is far worse than imagined. The virtual girl, named Sweetie, was created by TDH Netherlands to notify the public…

io9 George Dvorsky Nov 5

September 13th 2013

The FBI Just Admitted to Hacking Into the Tor Network

Just over a month after reports of a malware attack on the anonymous Tor network, the FBI told an Irish court that it was behind the shenanigans. But don’t worry, it was for a good cause. The Tor hack was supposed to target associates of the Freedom Hosting’s operator Eric Eoin Marques who’s currently being…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Sep 13

May 29th 2013

The FBI Ran a Child Porn Site for Two Whole Weeks

Last November, the FBI raided a bulletin board-style site that was known to be a home of child pornography. But rather than shutting it down, they decided to keep it running—and see just how many users they could identify. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Bureau agents posed as child porn dealers, actively distributing pornography…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 29

May 19th 2011

Facebook Hunting Kiddie Porn Pervs with Microsoft Algorithm

The internet can literally only agree on one thing: child pornography is awful and the worst. And if there’s one place I don’t want that bile winding up, it’s on my precious Facebook. Microsoft to the illegal-photo-tracking rescue. The tech, called PhotoDNA, cross-references photos—even if they’ve been cropped or edited—against a giant database of illegal…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 19

May 4th 2011

Kiddie Porn Computer Pervert Is Also Enormous Idiot

If you’re going to try to get away with something as reprehensible as child porn, you should at least be discreet. But Virginian horror-being Ian Hartney is not. Hint: don’t ask the computer repair shop where your kiddie porn is. Hartney, disgusting moron that he is, brought his child porn-laden laptop to an area repair…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 4

February 16th 2011

Feds Accidentally Shut Down 84,000 Websites over Wrongful Kiddie Porn Accusation

“Operation Protect Our Children” sounded great! The Department of Justice and Homeland Security‘s tag-team beatdown was supposed to seize ten criminal sites this past weekend. Instead, it shuttered 84,000 innocent domains. And replaced them with a banner labeling them as child porn traffickers. Whoops! The 83,990 sites that weren’t hosting underage porn were stuck with…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 16

January 21st 2011

Parents Sue Lawyer for Photoshopping Innocent Photos of Their Kids into Child Porn

The fellow in this photo frequently serves as an expert witness in child pornography cases. He’s currently being sued for doing things like “transforming a picture of a 5-year-old girl eating a doughnut into one of her having oral sex.” An Ohio lawyer who serves as an expert witness in child pornography cases might be…

Tech News David Kravets - Wired Jan 21

October 14th 2009

Man Arrested After Leaving Child Porn Filled Cellphone As Collateral For Bar Tab

Poor Aaron Klein. He left collateral for his bar tab, actually returned to pay, and got arrested. Can’t be his fault the collateral he left was a kiddie porn filled cellphone. I’m sure his cat did it. https://gizmodo.com/downloaded-child-porn-blame-your-kitty-cat-5332948 According to the bartender who reported Klein, he discovered the child pornography when he “opened the phone…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 14

September 22nd 2009

Moronic Pervert to Officer: “Hypothetically, what would you do if you found child pornography?”

This is Chandler. And he is not only being accused of being a child molester. He is also stupid. Agent Adams asked Chandler if he owned any other storage devices. Chandler hesitated before answering, and then asked, “Hypothetically, what would you do if you found child pornography?” Agent Adams told him he wasn’t sure until…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 22

August 8th 2009

Downloaded Child Porn? Blame Your Kitty Cat

Floridian Keith Griffin most certainly didn’t download over a thousand images containing child pornography. No siree. It must’ve been his dear puddy-tat who downloaded pictures of those oh-so-illegal birds. According to a sheriff’s report Friday, Griffin told investigators his cat jumped on the keyboard while he was downloading music. He said he had left the…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Aug 8

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