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36. You can tell child porn from regular porn from a thumbnail?

Reply to moriah (Reply #35)

Wed Mar 7, 2018, 05:37 PM

Mar 2018

It's possible in an extreme minority of cases, I suppose.

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Best Buy Geek Squad Employees Were Paid by FBI As Informants, Documents Suggest [View all] Initech Mar 2018 OP

I'm totally okay with this. underthematrix Mar 2018 #1

it's the pattern/principle Lithos Mar 2018 #3

Child porn and abusers definitely need to be busted. Initech Mar 2018 #4

You can't make exceptions to constitutional rights....I hate hate child porn. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #64

Really? atreides1 Mar 2018 #5

Yup dbackjon Mar 2018 #10

Exactly... at $500 per customer? Lucrative side businesss? Nt lostnfound Mar 2018 #38

I'm not okay with it for that very reason nt elmac Mar 2018 #41

So you are ok with violating the 4th Amendment, as long as it does good? dbackjon Mar 2018 #13

I understand but the safety of children should be more important. underthematrix Mar 2018 #14

This is not how evidence, that is actionable in court, is lawfully gathered. AtheistCrusader Mar 2018 #15

And a third possibility, that it could be actual evidence gathered in a criminal investigation. LisaM Mar 2018 #26

Sure, and it would be legal for someone to report it if they saw it in the course of AtheistCrusader Mar 2018 #31

Children should be protected. So should the Constitution. dbackjon Mar 2018 #17

If the person signs off to give a third party their electronic device and that... moriah Mar 2018 #22

yep, and with the fascists in control elmac Mar 2018 #42

Agreed! LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #16

Even if it violates the Constitution? dbackjon Mar 2018 #18

Here a Tip... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #29

I would agree. But stupidity is not a reason to excuse a Constitutional Violation dbackjon Mar 2018 #30

It's A Reason... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #33

Including reigning in innocent people? Chemisse Mar 2018 #46

Child Porn on one's personal computer... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #60

If they have a moral and, in more than 20 states, a legal obligation to report these finding ToxMarz Mar 2018 #39

+1 Duty to report is a duty not an easy pay day. meadowlander Mar 2018 #43

. dalton99a Mar 2018 #2

photo developers used to do this all the time. mopinko Mar 2018 #6

There should be a general reward program. Find child porn on a customer's machine, NCjack Mar 2018 #7

Agree. Needs to be a conviction prior to any reward ehrnst Mar 2018 #9

Are you thinking people could not be convicted for a planted picture? Chemisse Mar 2018 #47

I'm talking about discouraging people from getting quick money. ehrnst Mar 2018 #48

The whole thing is a bad idea. Chemisse Mar 2018 #49

Incentives to report child porn? ehrnst Mar 2018 #50

Are you okay with people being paid to search through your things? Chemisse Mar 2018 #53

I think we are talking about different things. ehrnst Mar 2018 #54

Nor would I. Chemisse Mar 2018 #55

Thank you. ehrnst Mar 2018 #56

My original point was that no, requiring a conviction does not make this okay. n/t Chemisse Mar 2018 #57

Are you against rewards for information on crimes that results in a conviction on general principle ehrnst Mar 2018 #62

Is This Restricted to Child Porn? Leith Mar 2018 #8

Are you opposed to that technician reporting anything illegal that they saw? ehrnst Mar 2018 #63

I Agree with You Leith Mar 2018 #65

Many years ago, we bought a used computer UpInArms Mar 2018 #11

It's no less a 4th amendment violation Ron Obvious Mar 2018 #12

Bingo! dbackjon Mar 2018 #20

Still, if the repair contract states they will submit illegal images found to LE... moriah Mar 2018 #27

I doubt the Geek squad employees would just "come across" illegal material. Ron Obvious Mar 2018 #32

Uh, Windows previews images when in certain view modes. moriah Mar 2018 #35

You can tell child porn from regular porn from a thumbnail? Ron Obvious Mar 2018 #36

File/folder names could be giveaways, too. moriah Mar 2018 #37

last week child porn whats this week dembotoz Mar 2018 #19

Once upon a time, Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #21

I remember! Egnever Mar 2018 #24

The FBI is paying them to 'go fishing'. AtheistCrusader Mar 2018 #34

Taken a step further, the FBI could pay a tech worker Chemisse Mar 2018 #51

This is the point that many are missing. dbackjon Mar 2018 #58

Yes, if the government is effectively paying them to search your hard drive that brings the 4th... PoliticAverse Mar 2018 #59

Easy to plant stuff on someones computer, or for a virus to carry it nt lostnfound Mar 2018 #40

Years back, Geek Squads had servers they would copy off private family pictures to and view later. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #23

Honestly when you have anyone repair your machine Egnever Mar 2018 #45

Child porn is child abuse. Many of us are bound by a license to report it Ilsa Mar 2018 #25

I have taken computers to be fix ay Best Buy. Cold War Spook Mar 2018 #28

Raises another issue or three... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2018 #44

Wasn't Newsweek just raided, money laundering .. nocalflea Mar 2018 #52

This is awful for a variety of reasons. Oneironaut Mar 2018 #61