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David Hickman/Joshua Restivo - The Government Found Child Porn on
My PC. Now What? (Phreaknic 12)

        Most users of the Internet are acquainted with peer to peer filesharing and the amount of pornography available therein and elsewhere on the Internet. Any active filesharing user has likely downloaded some form of child pornography unintentionally. Law enforcement has taken the stance that downloading, possession, and/or distribution of child pornography, even accidental or system compromise, is a crime that will be prosecuted to
the fullest extent of the law. As a result, there are task forces, which scour p2p networks looking for the hashes of known child pornography. When found, the local jurisdiction is notified to investigate. In many cases these local investigators do not have the computer skills or experience handle the case correctly. Unfortunately, once the computers are seized, the accused automatically inherit the stigma of being associated with this type of crime. Only if they have access to competent defense forensics do they have a chance of avoiding charges, having existing charges dropped or winning their case in court. This talk will concentrate on what happens in the pre-indictment and post-indictment stages of a case from the defense forensics viewpoint.

This talk never happened for some reason.

Thanks to the Phreaknic crew, SkyDog, Lady Merlin and the A/V team SomeNinjaMaster, Night Carnage, Greg, Brimstone, Poiu Poiu, Mudflap, and Drunken Pirate for setting up the rigs and capturing the video.

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