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Originally Posted by QuasiMondo
It's not like they put that link here, where none of us has the expectation of seeing CP when we click on it. It's not like they sent that link out in an email and told us it was free Viagra. It was posted on a site known to be frequented by people who distribute child porn amongst each other. What kind of site did Vosburgh think he was surfing?
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The funny thing about links is that they can be copied and pasted and renamed.
We don't know that the FBI knew that child porn was traded on that forum. The article states they suspected it, which is entirely different. The TFP is a large forum where users trade pornography. We have a sub-forum dedicated to sex, and another one dedicated to fetishes. It's possible that people could assume all kinds of things about us as a forum, and as members.
To be fair, it is very unlikely that there was any ambiguity on that link. On the other hand, the very idea that someone could be prosecuted for no better reason than that their ip shows up in a logfile is frankly one of those things that makes me glad I don't live in the US. This isn't like the prostitute 'accidently' approaching the wrong car; there are all manner of ways that one can end up at the wrong site, or that one's ip address can be used or misused. Wireless networks, address spoofing, even malicious intent. Imagine one of your friends sent this to you on a lark.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
First, I think the guy involved is in fact guilty.
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Sir, I am highly impressed by your deductive abilities that allow you to come to that conclusion based on absolutely no real evidence. My hat is off to you.