Child Porn As a Weapon

[Cerulean]

Source: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/06/150216/Child-Porn-As-a-Weapon

"Want to get rid of your boss and move up to his position? Put kiddie porn on his computer then call the cops! This was the cunning plan envisaged by handyman Neil Weiner of east London after falling out with school caretaker Edward Thompson too many times. Thankfully, Weiner didn't cover his tracks quite well enough to avoid being found out — earlier boasts about his plan to friends at a BBQ provided the police with enough evidence to arrest him for trying to pervert the course of justice. Frighteningly, however, between being charged with possession of indecent images and being exonerated, innocent (if 'grumpy') Thompson was abused and ostracized for eight months by neighbors and colleagues. With computer forensics for police work often being performed by 'point 'n click'-trained, nearly-retired cops, or languishing in a 6-month queue for private sector firms to attend to it, the uncomfortable question is raised: how easily might this trick have succeeded if Weiner had been a little more intelligent about it?"

Discuss.



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From my point of view, I'm still quite surprised there aren't really any viruses out there that are designed to purposefully abuse and demonize the whole judicial system. Just imagine hundreds of millions of computers that suddenly start storing child porn -- fuck, I'd love to see the faces on law enforcement as to how they'd react and what they'd say.
(EDIT: Rather instead of "hundreds of millions," it could be a 'slow and painful' process for maximum effectiveness.)

 

[MrGuvernment]

scary thought what people can do these days, people hear child porn and BAM your guilty, your a pervert, house wives are saying "i knew there was something weird about that guy!

it is like a woman who cries rape, the guy is assumed guilty right away, women wanted equal rights, hell. MEN want equal rights!

 

[KaosDG]

This type of thread belongs in the soapbox, not here.