What if child porn is encountered during research?

[cmerkel at gmail.com (Chris Merkel)]

I think it would actually be beneficial to share methods (not results) of
darknet research with law enforcement agencies, to help keep the illegal
image hashsets up-to-date, which benefits LE forensic investigations all
over the world.



On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Adrian Crenshaw <irongeek at irongeek.com>wrote:

> If the CP in question is encountered while servicing a computer with a
> known user/owner then reporting it is the ethical right thing to do.
> However, in the case of darknet research it's next to impossible to know
> where it came from, and if it was reported everytime a new image/video was
> found you would be in calling an FBI field office every 20min. This has a
> huge chilling effect on such research, or at least the publishing of such
> research. I'm asking a lawyer I know on the issue, and in the mean time
> being careful where I click.
>
> Adrian
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