Gnutella Porn Searchers Identified
from the hmmm... dept
Something of an odd story here. A company is using Gnutella and offering pictures that sound like they're porn, but are not. Instead, what they're doing is tracking those who try to download their "porn" and exposing them on the web (or, at least, their IP addresses). I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I understand that they're trying to expose porn seekers to some degree, but on the other hand there's a big ethical question on whether or not it's okay to "trick" people like that. There's certainly potential for things like this to become even more like a "witch hunt" where people can expose others for all sorts of different searches. I can certainly see some fanatic religious groups using an approach like this.
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