Re: FBI CP sting

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- 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

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