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Child Porn Probe Uses Live Internet Wiretap
rrkap writes "The Sacramento Bee is reporting
that Jason Heath Morgan, a suspect in a child porn case was subject to the first 'live internet wiretap.' According to the story, 'Technology used in the surveillance is very similar to a phone tap. Agents attached a monitoring device to Morgan's phone line, then tracked his Internet activity from remote computers.' This packet sniffing was authorized by the PROTECT Act - officially Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today Act, which authorizes such tapping of internet connections."
I'm going to assume you know absolutely nothing about the development of the human mind. Even consensual sex is probably damaging to the mind of young children. I do not know why people think that children are just small adults that haven't been around as long as the rest of us, but they certainly are not. Their brains are underdeveloped and their minds actually WORK SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. Watching child porn is supporting the assault and traumatizing of children.
BTW, there are studies that show watching porn actually desensitizes people to the acts viewed but not as such go out and do it. So watching little kids in sex acts for 2 hours a day for a month might make someone think that it isn't all that bad a thing to do. The urge is probably already there. Once all qualms about actually doing it are washed away, they MIGHT just do it.