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A Linux-Based "Breath Test" For Porn On PCs

Posted by timothy on from the child-porn-claims-the-ultimate-smear-tactic dept.

Gwaihir the Windlord writes "A university in Western Australia has started beta testing a tool that's described as 'a random breath test' to scan computers for illicit images. According to this article it's a clean bootable Linux environment. Since it doesn't write to the hard drive, the evidence is acceptable in court, at least in Australia. They're also working on versions to search for financial documents in fraud squad cases, or to search for terrorist keywords. Other than skimming off the dumb ones, does anyone really expect this to make a difference?" The article offers no details on what means the software uses to identify suspicious files.

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  1. Are you saying criminals are dumb? by davidwr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Also, if your friends are IT staff and your online watercooler is slashdot.org, you may think everyone but the "dumb ones" knows how to encrypt a drive. But the reality is that the vast majority of criminals have never heard of Truecrypt.

    Are you saying the vast majority of criminals are dumb? Someone mod this person insightful.

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  2. Re:Randoms searches, Yay. by NuclearError · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Well, considering that many people there are descended from the members of a prison colony......

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  3. I think there's a typo by tandooribone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Shouldn't that be "breast test"?