You *need* to consult a lawyer. Also it helps if you can reach out to your local law enforcement community *before* you get in such a situation. The local InfraGard chapter is pretty good where I'm at so I was able to get to know the agents who covered these cases.
Excellent question, but I don't think there's a stock answer... - Mick On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Adrian Crenshaw<[email protected]> wrote: > > While doing research on anonymizing networks, what is the best policy to > follow concerning inadvertently captured contraband (child porn, copyright > infringing files, etc.)? In the case of child porn, the authorities should > be notified under normal circumstances, but with anonymizing networks the > origin of the files is hard if not impossible to determine. Would it be > correct to just wipe the data after research on the network is done? As I > understand it, even having it on your hard drive because of peripherally > relevant research would be a crime. > > Adrian > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
