-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- Bruce Ediger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Alex Eckelberry wrote: > >> The FBI has recently adopted a novel investigative technique: posting >> hyperlinks that purport to be illegal videos of minors having sex, and >> then raiding the homes of anyone willing to click on them. > >That's just weird. Since the "video" files contained nothing illegal, >they must take "clicking on them" as an indicator that other illegal >things went on in the house containing the computer with the IP address >in question. Does that stand up in court? If so, why does it stand up? >Where's the presumption of innocence? Oh, wait -- it gets better. A CSRF booby-trapped URL can frame you: http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20080320/click-a-link-go-to-jail/ Enjoy. - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFH4tlIq1pz9mNUZTMRAmPGAJ45qCvPe7VxJrQIrpnCsFrdEueHSACePStj gYPbI4zmNa0JcNy3cgljLLI= =3GGd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
