BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of "pedophile!" and "pornographer!" stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.
That new wireless router. He'd gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought.
"We know who you are! You downloaded thousands of images at 11:30 last night," the man's lawyer, Barry Covert, recounted the agents saying. They referred to a screen name, "Doldrum."
"No, I didn't," he insisted. "Somebody else could have but I didn't do anything like that."
"You're a creep ... just admit it," they said."
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"Within three days, investigators determined that the homeowner had been telling the truth: If someone was downloading child pornography through his wireless signal, it wasn't him. About a week later, agents arrested a 25-year-old neighbor and charged him with distribution of child pornography."
That new wireless router. He'd gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought.
"We know who you are! You downloaded thousands of images at 11:30 last night," the man's lawyer, Barry Covert, recounted the agents saying. They referred to a screen name, "Doldrum."
"No, I didn't," he insisted. "Somebody else could have but I didn't do anything like that."
"You're a creep ... just admit it," they said."
...
"Within three days, investigators determined that the homeowner had been telling the truth: If someone was downloading child pornography through his wireless signal, it wasn't him. About a week later, agents arrested a 25-year-old neighbor and charged him with distribution of child pornography."
All good things come to those who wait.
IP address doesn't equal identity
- 25/04/2011 11:34:08 PM
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Seriously why can't people follow directions
- 26/04/2011 02:00:55 AM
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the state of CA *requires* a notice be put in every router suggesting security be set up first
- 26/04/2011 03:10:42 AM
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It's entirely possible you're focused on the wrong error here. 
- 26/04/2011 03:21:19 AM
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- 26/04/2011 03:21:19 AM
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Oh I am not saying that it sucks for this old guy who can't be bothered
- 26/04/2011 03:56:33 AM
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I hear you, but his absurd laziness is a smaller issue than the authorities dangerous behavior.
- 27/04/2011 02:32:17 AM
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of course, if he lived in holland, his neighbor could legally "guess" the wifi password....
- 26/04/2011 03:13:24 AM
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