Sober.Y in kiddie porn case
p2p news / p2pnet: Sober.Y of FBY questionnaire (and other ) fame never seems to go away, but here’s a truly bizarre report which supports the maxim, It’s an ill wind that blows no good.
Posting on the F-Secure blog, company research director Mikko Hyppönen includes this quote received by someone in Germany:
Das Herunterladen von Filmen, Software und MP3s ist illegal und somit strafbar. Wir moechten Ihnen hiermit vorab mitteilen, dass Ihr Rechner unter der IP erfasst wurde. Der Inhalt Ihres Rechner wurde als Beweismittel sichergestellt und es wird ein Ermittlungsverfahren gegen Sie eingleitet.
Die Strafanzeige und die Moeglichkeit zur Stellungnahme wird Ihnen in den naechsten Tagen schriftlich zugestellt.
— Bundeskriminalamt BKA
— Referat LS 2
— 65173 Wiesbaden
— Tel.: +49 (0)611 – 55 – 12331 oder
— Tel.: +49 (0)611 – 55 – 0
According to Google translate, in English, this reads
“Downloading of films, software and MP3s is illegal and thus punishable. We would like to communicate to you hereby first that your computer under the IP was seized. Contents their computers were guaranteed as evidence and it a preliminary investigation against you in-slide. The charge and the possibility for the statement are set for you in writing in the next days. — Federal Criminal Investigation Office Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigations”
In other words, the FBI is on your case
But someone in Padenborn, Germany, “got this message, freaked out about it and decided to turn himself in,” says Hyppönen, adding, “Whoa. German police investigated his computer and found child porn from it.
“Thanks to Micha for the tip. Full story from Kreispolizeibehörde Paderborn.”
Also See:
FBY questionnaire – Secrets of the Sober worm, December 9, 2005
blog – Sober does something good for a change, December 20, 2005
December 20th, 2005 at 5:31 pm
It’s always fun to cheer when someone whos lifestyle we detest get caught. But take a second look: somehow, the idea that a person can be jailed for looking at a picture is pretty scary to me. Isn’t that what downloaders of movies are doing? This guy was apparently not raping or mutilating kids, he was downloading pictures, admittedly pictures I wouldn’t want to see, but pictures nevertheless. Once you make looking at something or knowing something a crime, it’s pretty hard to limit the extent of enforcement. If an mp3 downloader had been gulled by the same worm, would we be gloating over the outcome? The trade orgs certainly would.
December 20th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
Child porn is child porn no matter if you make it or looking at it.
It is NOT a victimless crime, and if you download this and are very well aware of what you are doing, that makes you a dirty scumbag in my book.
I don’t feel sorry for that guy, he’s got what he deserved. People who are into child pornography should be kept off the streets, period.
December 20th, 2005 at 9:04 pm
“This guy was apparently not raping or mutilating kids, he was downloading pictures, admittedly pictures I wouldn’t want to see, but pictures nevertheless.”
There are people responsible for the pictures and this man is providing a market for them. Someone (the children) are therefore being abused. If he was just using his imagination, though the thought is abbhorent, he still isn’t harming anyone unless he acts on those fantasies (which is another issue altogether).
December 20th, 2005 at 9:30 pm
It just proves that you would have to be a real moron to download child pr0n …
December 21st, 2005 at 8:46 am
there should be a clear difference in a casual entertaining movie and child pornography. If you compare the two on the same scale, please, do us all a favor and DONT HAVE KIDS