What if child porn is encountered during research?

[lonervamp at gmail.com (Michael Dickey)]

Just to be clear, since I worded it pretty badly. I don't suggest anyone
non-LE should examine the files. I meant they might be of use to LE. Jack is
correct, though, and I wouldn't presume anything more than the potential
usefulness.


On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Jim Halfpenny <jim.halfpenny at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/9/10 Michael Dickey <lonervamp at gmail.com>
>
> > Personally, I think I would wipe it clean off. That's not something I'd
> > like to ever mess with or run afoul of.
> >
> > But there may be value in forensically examining the files or the victims,
> > so it might be best to report the incident and turn over evidence.
>
> I for one would not expect a friendly or sympathetic response from law
> enforcement if I approached them with such evidence. My gut instinct is to
> securely delete and ignore, grave though the crime may be. If you are not a
> law enforcement officer it's not your business to investigate crimes and
> doing so could land you in hot water. IANAL but I don't think you are duty
> bound to report a crime if the only report you can give is, "Paedophiles are
> using anonymising tools on the Internet."
>
> Consult legal council. You may wish to document incidents where you are
> inadvertantly exposed to such material and keep a copy of this log with a
> solictor should you ever get into trouble.
>
> Jim
>
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