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FBI Hunt For Child Porn Thwarted By Tor

Posted by Unknown on from the cost-of-anonymous-communication dept.

v3rgEz writes "Documents released by the FBI provide an unusual inside look at how the agency is struggling to penetrate 'darknet' Onion sites routed through Tor, the online privacy tool funded in part by government grants to help global activists. In this case, agents were unable to pursue specific leads about an easily available child pornography site, while files withheld indicate that the FBI has ongoing investigations tied to the Silk Road marketplace, a popular, anonymous Tor site for buying and selling drugs and other illegal materials." Sounds similar to the problems that plagued freenet.

8 of 714 comments (clear)

  1. FBI angry? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    FBI SMASH TOR!

  2. I support the FBI on this one. by outsider007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    We need to get the child rape off the internet and back in the church where it belongs.

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    If you mod me down the terrorists will have won
  3. Re:Why is CP illegal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it is a supply and demand issue, then maybe we should let the free market sort it out.

  4. Re:Why is CP illegal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Victims of axe murdering do not have the tendancy to grow up to be axe murderer themselves.

  5. beat you to it... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    My parents had a scrap book that had pictures of me butt naked in a kiddie pool in the back yard.

    Of course, I was 28 at the time.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.
  6. Re:Why is CP illegal? by ozmanjusri · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Vivid roleplaying of homosexual violence (commonly found in sports)."

    Don't complain.

    At least playing rugby keeps them off our streets and out of our zoos.

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    "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
  7. Re:Why is CP illegal? by isorox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jeez, since when did NAMBLA have such a big following on slashdot?

    I'm a big fan of Marlon Brando

  8. Re:Why is CP illegal? by Arancaytar · · Score: 3, Funny

    killing ... the corpse

    Well yeah, because fuck zombies.