Hey guys,
According to recent studies conducted by various online task force teams and confirmed by an independent investigation by local news channel NBC 10, Rhode Island has the highest number per capita of people participating in the trading of child pornography.
According to the investigation, every minute of every day there are hundreds of adults trading illicit images of children, and lawmakers are trying to figure out new ways to combat this cyber crime.
State Police are seeking the authority to issue something called an “administrative subpoena” which would allow the Superintendent of State Police to issue a subpoena based on evidence developed at the Cyber Crimes Unit. It would allow police to identify the account holder of IP addresses of suspected child pornographers or other sexual predators.
Members of the Rhode Island ACLU are arguing that such authority is dangerous as it would lead the officials using the IP addresses to illegally track other criminal activity; they argue that the law in an invasion of privacy.
In other related stories, last month a man in New York was arrested for trading illegal images when his unsecured wireless internet connection was hacked by a neighbor. The police tracked the images to his home router and arrested him. When they examined his computer they found nothing illegal. Instead his neighbor was found with thousands of illegal images which were downloaded using the connection from his neighbor’s internet.
Aaron’s furniture may be in some trouble as well. They have been found to be secretly installing tracking software on the computers they rent out to customers. The software records key strokes, visited websites, and even takes picture and video images of the users in an effort to ensure no illegal activity is conducted.
How can we better protect our children while still securing the rights of the individual? Is the ACLU correct or the State Police? Does Aaron’s furniture have the right to secretly install such software?
Whatever the case… make sure you secure that internet connection!!!!
What do you think?
***If you have any information about child predators, you can call the Cyber Crimes Unit tipline at 401-275-5100***
I do not think that they shoyuold be able to see what is on your computer. that trading pictures is wrong, but if the child chooses to do it, that is their problem.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I want the people doing these sick crimes behind bars, I don't think that everyone's IP Addresses should be traced. If there is suspicion that someone has child porn, I'm all for tracking them. Most people using computers are doing nothing illegal and shouldn't be bundled up in a law because some people are using the internet for terrible reasons. As for Rhode Island having the highest number per capita of people participating in the trading of child pornography, I am disgusted. The few doing this are making all of us Rhode Islanders look bad.
ReplyDelete-Brandon Maxwell
I think that it should be allowed to track everyone. For the people doing nothing wrong, it should not be a problem. They have nothing to hide. I would rather be a little bit inconvenienced so that people who are doing things like this can be caught.
ReplyDeleteAs for Aaron’s furniture, I think they should and will be in big trouble. What they did was very wrong since they did not inform their customers about what they were doing. If the customers would have known what was going on before they got the computers then it would have been alright, but since they didn’t it is illegal.
Melissa Abels
When it comes to child pornography I think that the people should be allowed to track the IP address. But I think what Aarons furniture is a totally different story. They shouldn't be able to do stuff like that, if you sit in front of the computer in the morning you probably wouldn't want people to see what you look like. But I think that if Aarons told you what they were going to be doing first then, that would be OK.
ReplyDeleteObviously, the act of child pornography is completely repulsive and disgusting. I think that all people who choose to sit on their couches watching this all day are utterly disgusting human beings. However, I don't feel that the privacy of others should be jeopardized for their wrong-doing. I feel that tracking those who have been previously in suspicion for committing this crime would be reasonable, but not everyone's privilege of privacy should be lost for a select few creeps in our society.
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