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Not meaning to be a jackass but realize that maybe if you downloaded (and maybe already deleted!) that porn video with that girl that might or not might be 18 y

Not meaning to be a jackass but realize that maybe if you downloaded (and maybe already deleted!) that porn video with that girl that might or not might be 18 you could be in big troubles if you don't have your full disk encrypted. Edit: or other things that would be ok but can be used against you by law enforcement, for example what about your collection of pirated MP3s or DivX? Is this more acceptable than accidentally downloading porn with someone that might look underage? (Or having looked at it because some trolled linked it to you)

bobds 16y ago
An encrypted disk could also get you in a position where you have to give up your password. Be careful with your porn-filled encrypted hard drive.
- paolomaffei 16y ago
  Not in every country, not in Italy for sure. Anyway truecrypt-like systems gives you plausible deniability since you can have a "decoy" system. Fortunately that is not my case but I can't say I don't have any MP3s of DivXs that aren't, err, properly licensed. Edit: or cracked software, we have very high fines in Italy for using softwares without a license. I'm just saying that in case the police have a look to your laptop and they WANT you to charge with something, they will.
  - ciupicri 16y ago
    Do you really believe in the plausible deniability thing? It might fool someone doing a routine check, but not someone willing to really find out what's going on.
paolomaffei 16y ago
Also, I remember I have read an article about some guy that had some pics of their little childrens sometimes naked in an "innocent" way on a trip. They had their children taken away because they went to a photo shop to have the film developed and the clerk called the police.
- ams6110 16y ago
  Smells like an urban legend. Either it didn't happen or the pictures weren't so "innocent".
- gojomo 16y ago
  You're probably thinking of this incident: http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2006/07/18/photos/index.html http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2006/07/18/photos/index.ht... I recall other vaguely-similar cases reported in less detail in earlier years. The clerks may not have good judgment, and the incentives for the clerks and many of the agencies involved are to err on the side of assuming-the-worst. The stigma of even having been accused may make people in such a situation unwilling to talk about it even after being cleared afterwards. After all, many will assume law enforcement would only get involved if "the pictures weren't so 'innocent'".

bobds 16y ago

An encrypted disk could also get you in a position where you have to give up your password. Be careful with your porn-filled encrypted hard drive.

paolomaffei 16y ago
Not in every country, not in Italy for sure. Anyway truecrypt-like systems gives you plausible deniability since you can have a "decoy" system. Fortunately that is not my case but I can't say I don't have any MP3s of DivXs that aren't, err, properly licensed. Edit: or cracked software, we have very high fines in Italy for using softwares without a license. I'm just saying that in case the police have a look to your laptop and they WANT you to charge with something, they will.
- ciupicri 16y ago
  Do you really believe in the plausible deniability thing? It might fool someone doing a routine check, but not someone willing to really find out what's going on.

paolomaffei 16y ago

Also, I remember I have read an article about some guy that had some pics of their little childrens sometimes naked in an "innocent" way on a trip. They had their children taken away because they went to a photo shop to have the film developed and the clerk called the police.

ams6110 16y ago
Smells like an urban legend. Either it didn't happen or the pictures weren't so "innocent".
gojomo 16y ago
You're probably thinking of this incident: http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2006/07/18/photos/index.html http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2006/07/18/photos/index.ht... I recall other vaguely-similar cases reported in less detail in earlier years. The clerks may not have good judgment, and the incentives for the clerks and many of the agencies involved are to err on the side of assuming-the-worst. The stigma of even having been accused may make people in such a situation unwilling to talk about it even after being cleared afterwards. After all, many will assume law enforcement would only get involved if "the pictures weren't so 'innocent'".