What if child porn is encountered during research?

[irongeek at irongeek.com (Adrian Crenshaw)]

Agreed, but after reading articles like:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.10/kidporn_pr.html
I'm not sure if I'd want to take the risk of doing the research myself.

Adrian

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Chris Merkel <cmerkel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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