2009/9/10 Michael Douglas <[email protected]> > <warning -- I'm getting on my high horse> > > I'm *very* concerned with your approach, mostly from a moral > standpoint. If my turning over files is helpful in breaking a case, > or just building a case, it is WELL worth the minor inconvenience of > handing files over. Just deleting files and walking away is not > something I would ever encourage. > > "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do > nothing." (Edmund Burke) > > <off high horse> >
On reflection here's an example of what could happen to you if you're in the UK. You present your findings to the police who take a dim view of your possession of child pornography and you are formally cautioned but subsequently released and no further action is taken. You have no right of appeal against cautions, they cannot be expunged and these will appear on any police background checks. Apply for a forensics job (or any other job for that matter) and your prospective employer will see this on your record and you're screwed. The police in the UK already investigate child pornography and no doubt they have people looking at anonymisation, darknets and offline trafficking. I fear stumbling upon material and submitting it to local law enforcement may potentially have a negative impact on ongoing investiagtions at a national level. I don't want to justify inaction or turning a blind eye but I'm not sure if the risks outweigh the effort of providing CP images of unknown origin and without any context other than they are being transfered over Tor. If I owned a compromised web proxy for example that had been used to download CP I would inform law enforcement immediately. I would not contact law enforcement if someone posted CP on 4chan. Jim
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