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Re: FBI CP sting
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:38:21 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- Bruce Ediger <eballen1 () qwest net> wrote:
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Alex Eckelberry wrote: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.That's just weird. Since the "video" files contained nothing illegal, they must take "clicking on them" as an indicator that other illegal things went on in the house containing the computer with the IP address in question. Does that stand up in court? If so, why does it stand up? Where's the presumption of innocence?
Oh, wait -- it gets better. A CSRF booby-trapped URL can frame you: http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20080320/click-a-link-go-to-jail/ Enjoy. - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFH4tlIq1pz9mNUZTMRAmPGAJ45qCvPe7VxJrQIrpnCsFrdEueHSACePStj gYPbI4zmNa0JcNy3cgljLLI= =3GGd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- FBI CP sting Alex Eckelberry (Mar 20)
- Re: FBI CP sting Bruce Ediger (Mar 20)
- Re: FBI CP sting mark seiden-via mac (Mar 20)
- Re: FBI CP sting Kitsune (Mar 20)
- Re: FBI CP sting mark seiden-via mac (Mar 20)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: FBI CP sting Thomas Raef (Mar 20)
- Re: FBI CP sting Paul Ferguson (Mar 20)
- Re: FBI CP sting Rich Kulawiec (Mar 20)
- Re: FBI CP sting Jacob Appelbaum (Mar 20)
- Re: FBI CP sting Rich Kulawiec (Mar 20)
- Re: FBI CP sting Randy Mueller (Mar 21)
- Re: FBI CP sting Gadi Evron (Mar 21)
- Re: FBI CP sting Bruce Ediger (Mar 20)