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Senator Proposes to Monitor All P2P Traffic for Illegal Files

Posted by Zonk on from the kind-of-strains-the-mind-to-think-about-huh dept.

mytrip writes "Senator Joe Biden (D-Del) has proposed an ambitious plan, costing on the order of $1 billion, aimed at curtailing illegal activities via P2P networks. His plan involves utilizing new software to monitor peer-to-peer traffic on an ongoing basis. 'At an afternoon Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing about child exploitation on the Internet, Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) said he was under the impression it's "pretty easy to pick out the person engaged in either transmitting or downloading violent scenes of rape, molestation" simply by looking at file names. He urged use of those techniques by investigators to help nab the most egregious offenders."

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  1. WHAT!?! by Ceiynt · · Score: 5, Funny

    pretty easy to pick out the person engaged in either transmitting or downloading violent scenes of rape, molestation" simply by looking at file names. Ok, so all my Metallica files will be relabled (Not Metallica_Not Illegal file_Ignore). That should keep the feds off me.

    1. Re:WHAT!?! by LMacG · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hmmmmm, what am I going to do with this file therapist.avi?

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    2. Re:WHAT!?! by mwvdlee · · Score: 4, Funny

      I propose using "JoeBiden_[number].jpg" as a generic filename for all pornographic material.

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  2. ugh by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate it when they can't keep the script straight. The dems are supposed to be the stupid ones, the republicans are supposed to be the evil ones. Quit horning in on their territory!

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  3. Re:From now on... by kotj.mf · · Score: 4, Funny

    > tar -cvf XXX-9yo-boys-blowjobs-and-crystal-meth.tar dovecot-1.0-stable/

    I was thinking something more along the lines of:

    cp never_gonna_give_you_up.avi XXX-9yo-boys-blowjobs-and-crystal-meth.avi

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  4. Re:And people ask why I support Jesse Ventura? by Dancindan84 · · Score: 4, Funny

    People have of course screwed with filenames just to see what happens (much more in Kazaa/Limewire than Bit-torrent), probably to test Rule 34, with interesting results; Yeah, I love that bash.org entry too: http://bash.org/?572066
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  5. FYI by Dancindan84 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a lie...

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  6. Re:And people ask why I support Jesse Ventura? by clang_jangle · · Score: 4, Funny

    I prefer "joe_biden_with_grandkids-EXTRA_HOTTT-XXXXX.mpg"

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