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Re:FBI's Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We... by dmix on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @09:07PM (#16533809)
I don't think a few files are enough to do a child porn conviction. There's enough plausible deniability there. But I could be wrong...
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Re:FBI's Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We... by LastMuel on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @09:58PM (#16533953)
Even so, simply going to court on something like this could have staggering consequences.
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Re:FBI's Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We... by AFNobody on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @10:02PM (#16533975)
The accusation and court costs (which you would not be refunded for) would likely be career destroying by the time it was resolved.
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Re:FBI's Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We... by jaclaz on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @06:19AM (#16535684)
A real life example (2004):

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2529338/networking/how...

https://www.wired.com/2008/11/proof-porn-pop/

https://web.archive.org/web/20110716163331/http://www.sunbel...

that shows how a "random" accusation can severely de-stabilize someone's life.

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Re:FBI's Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We... by smnrchrds on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @10:24PM (#16534046)
And if you have children, they will be taken from you until the issue is resolved, which can take months or years.

And googling your name always brings up articles about the charges on the first page. Exonerations rarely get the same attention or media coverage as accusations, if they even get any.

TL;DR Your life is pretty much ruined forever.

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Re:FBI's Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We... by gowld on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @01:38AM (#16534678)
http://bgr.com/2017/03/17/right-to-be-forgotten-us-laws/
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