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Ryan wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

STOP! Obama time.

STOP! Osama giving you a hive five!

STOP! Hilary waving goodbye to Democracy.

I thought they had to prove that you had actual child porn on your computer before they could charge you with that?

lord.knaslaban wrote:

Can someone explain this entrapment thing to me, I don't really get what's wong with it...

I don't know the specifics, but I think it is putting someone in a situation that entices them to attempt something illegal and prosecuting them even though they didnt technically do it.

ie. Links to "child porn" that arent actually illegal material, but it's the "thought that counts".

I think it is poor form even if it isnt illegal.

Stop it, I'm paranoid now

Wallpaper wrote:

I can see this getting seriously out of hand

In fact, this didn't just happen to Vosburgh—the FBI has been using this click-and-be-owned tactic for a few years now, using logged IP addresses as a way to get warrants and charge people with intent to download child porn (a federal crime).

This means that if your drunk friends think it's funny to IM you a link to something that turns out to be to the FBI's planted link, you could server some time.

Don't believe that's all it takes? The FBI admitted that there was apparently no evidence that Vosburgh had ever accessed the forum where the links were originally planted, according to court documents seen by Ars Technica. Vosburgh's attorney also pointed out that the affidavit that was used to charge Vosburgh provided no probable cause to believe that any criminal activity had taken place, that he was home at the time that the file was allegedly accessed, or even that there was a computer with an Internet connection in Vosburgh's apartment.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 … s-fbi.html