Limeware And Other P2P Software Present Child Porn Risks
Alex Eckelberry, 09/12/2009, posted in "Analysis"
A 20-year industry veteran, Alex Eckelberry is VP and General Manager at GFI. An expert on spyware, Alex writes extensively on security issues, and in 2005 was recognised along ...more info
A 20-year industry veteran, Alex Eckelberry is VP and General Manager at GFI. An expert on spyware, Alex writes extensively on security issues, and in 2005 was recognised along with other security experts by Google for contributions to Google's security and product safety. ...less info
I’ve been saying this for a long time. P2P networks are have the risk of accidently getting something you really don’t want…
Matthew White, of Sacramento, California, has found himself in a rather unfortunate situation; he’s been accused of downloading child pornography. On the advice of his public defender, White is pleading guilty in hopes of cutting his potential 20-year sentence down to three and a half years. After serving his time, White will have to serve 10 years of probation and register as a sex offender.
What makes this unfortunate is that the 22-year-old White claims he downloaded the child pornography on accident from the file-sharing service LimeWire. According to White, he was attempting to download a ‘Girls Gone Wild’ video two years ago, but when he opened the files, instead discovered images of underage girls. White claims to have immediately deleted the images and never looked back — at least until the FBI showed up at his door a year later.
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