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Microsoft Collaborates On Child Porn Buster
pmike_bauer writes "Microsoft and Canadian authorities on Thursday launched a software program designed to help police worldwide hunt down child porn traffickers. Police departments can use it free of charge." From the article: "The program was developed by Microsoft Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Toronto police, with the help of the Department of Homeland Security, Scotland Yard and Interpol." Update: 04/08 18:09 GMT by Z : Modified to reflect the fact that it's not Open Source.
Open source? Microsoft? Wow, those Microsoft Canada people are really really unamerican, aren't they?
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Not quite. If their million dollar budget Internet Explorer won't hold up in a spyware-adware packed environment, the childporn busterXP professional probably would be no better.
Win-win? As opposed to *nix-*nix?
I'll be here all night...please tip your waitresses!I'm supposed to hate MS, but wow... kiddie porn and pedophiles. Tough one.
Funny how a week ago, this story would have made perfect sense.
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
If things are as they appear on the surface I couldn't agree more. In the past MS has been sadly lacking in addressing the public good. Any positive action by any major corporation (MS included) should be acknowledged.
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The going after Child porn are a good thing no mather what, but as usuall Microsoft are rather late to the table. Advanced tools for this already exist, if someone remember something like 2 years back. There was a big internationally coordinated crack down, one of the main tools used up front of this was something like this new thingy from MS. I hope MS uses some real open source license for this, as there probably are some nice technology in this which can be used for other purposes too.
Entry Number 1, Mr Michael Jackson.
Microsoft writes open source child porn buster
Next weeks news item: Microsoft claims open source supports child porn
Maybe their idea is to associate OSS with child pornography? Perhaps they'll release a tool for tracking satan worshippers next?
Just being cynical.
Oh, that's what it is! One of the local headline writers made it sound a little different.
You probably shouldn't click this.
With all the hype there is over kiddy porn, I almost don't believe there is any. "Kiddy porn traffickers" are the new "international communist conspiracy"... not only will they snatch our children, but they'll sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids.
While we've all HEARD about kiddy porn, has anybody ever actually SEEN any? Or is it, as I suspect, just another bogeyman being used to sell us on the idea of a police state?
Windows Windows?
I'm sure Bill would love for you to buy 2 licenses every time you needed just one.
Can wait for this sotry :
"Microsoft profits from Child Porn Licences"
Law enforcement offices throughout the US were complaining today that their job just got much harder with less manpower available due to the cost of reporting software from Microsoft. The Redmond company starting "giving away" the product in 2005 and have carved out another monopoly, this time amongst police forces througout the US, Britain and Canada. Microsoft's latest version requires their new Operating System : Longhorn and many agencies say that the new licensing model means a real terms increase of up to 20% over previous versions. Microsoft's spokesman commented, "The new features of Longhorn mean that users can experience a more secure system, and can even shop online"
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Then it said that I could get a license for untainted versions of the files for something like $700 as a special limited-time offer...Village idiot in some extremely smart villages.
I think you mean "Neverland Security."
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Actually, it's harder than you think. Allow the Open Source Players to demonstrate:
The Open Source Players present "You're a bad man!", by TripMaster Monkey.
So, as you can see, it's indeed not wise to take a stand against M$, especially since they've so firmly established themselves in the Camp of Good.
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I don't know about you but this one looks kinda fishy to me.
GET FREE APPLE STUFF!
Or: Microsoft found guilty of anti-competitive behaviour in child porn industry
There's an In-Soviet-Russia joke hiding in there somewhere.
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
the perps should be beaten with rubber hoses
Unless the perps are into that kind of thing, in which case we should withhold their precious rubber hose beatings.
Finkployd
Wait, you mean there are girls on IRC?
No, "kitty porn" is not illegal (yet). Your collection is safe (for now).
Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. --Mark Twain
lus3r:= whois(userdoman)
case lus3r
microsoft.com: execute goodguys
apple.com: execute sick-em
redhat.com: execute sick-em
*torvald*: execute kill-em
end case
sub sick-em
execute upload michael_jackson_home_movies
execute call_Homeland_security
end sub
sub kill-em
execute upload gates_kids_home_movies
execute call_interpol
end sub
sub goodguys
execute grant_more_stock_options
execute ballmer_happy_dance
end sub
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I hadn't had my coffee yet and first read this as "Microsoft Writes Open Source Child Porn Cluster" and thought they must really be going out of their way to discredit OSS now. Heh heh "Join the Microsoft Open Source Kiddie Porn Ring!" Yow! Well I guess I'd best go make my coffee now...
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