The Internet Vigilante
from the catching-criminals-from-the-home-office dept
An article in the LA Times talks about a woman who spends an awful lot of time every day trying to catch online pedophiles. She has quite a track record of success, and law enforcement professionals respect her work. However, it does bring up some questions about how legal what she does is (though, she says she talks to law enforcement people all the time to make sure she doesn't cross the line). The article also talks about a number of other such "vigilantes" who have caused more problems than they've solved. Many have been arrested for downloading child porn, even if they claim it was for part of effort to catch someone.
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