Quote from: Guru on June 15, 2012, 03:54 amQuote from: Vinnyg007 on June 15, 2012, 03:07 am@kmfkewmYou seem pretty knowledgeable about the child pornography scene. I don't know about you but when I look at some porn, I "engage" in masturbation. In your case that would mean jerking off to an image of an exploited child, which makes you a sick bastard. Please stop typing and fuck off to your chomo board.You don't have to like child pornography to understand that pedos are on the front-lines, from the law enforcement perspective. They are the number one targets; drug users are considerably lower on the list of potential targets. Almost any study of law enforcement tools, techniques and tactics inevitably leads you back to the kiddie diddlers, since they are a prime focus of law enforcement efforts at suppression. Given that the kiddie diddlers tend to use the very same privacy and anonymity tools as the rest of us, any successes by law enforcement in locating, unmasking and apprehending the kiddie diddlers will also impact us. Remember, any tools or techniques that can be used to unmask THEM can also be used to unmask US. GuruA very good point Guru - there is an extent here to which we've been hoisted on our own petard!Of course Tor hidden services weren't created for the benefit of paedophiles but we're aware that many of the techniques they use to mask their activities are the same as those used by us.I don't see a moral dilemma in this for the very simple reason that we apply these techniques in very different ways! The US & the UK routinely engage in espionage and many of our techniques are not dissimilar to those employed by less liberal countries like China and Russia to oppress people and deny them their human rights - this doesn't make espionage a bad idea overall!You also make an excellent point about pedos being the No. 1 target for LE as I think there's simply more public pressure on them to do so.V.