Comments on: Computer Technician Busts Child Porn Enthusiast, and His Employer Gets Blasted for it!

By: Caze

Caze — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:17:38 +0000

Techy:

lmao, you put a keylogger on his PC? Are you sure you’re allowed? And I mean, if he was savvy enough couldn’t he remove it?

By: Techy

Techy — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:57:20 +0000

Well im a computer technician and I agreed what the Pc Technician did was the right thing.

This is pretty simple and have been said a lot of time, The guy has problem with his computer viewing images, When he brough it over to have a technician service and fix the problem, The Technician did not just snoop around, he was given permission to view the files to make sure the work was done propertly.

But as he is going through it, He saw or seen something that said kiddie porn or what ever, HE had no choice but to report him..

Now ya guys are saying that he was wrong . How can he be wrong, When he did not do anything run but do his duty..

Here is a good example,

Im a tech from NYC, I service a lot of computer around in the area and have seen a lot of porn and naked pictures in a users computer, Out of all the porn videos and pictures I see I never actually focus on any of them, Well just a quick glimpse when the client said he could not see his videos, Even though that guy has tons of porn or video, I did a quick search on his computer for child and age to see if any pictures or videos will show up , but none did, So in this case, I left the client house without any issue nor any police involved,

In one case I did find a video that said 14 year old having s** with big brother etc. Here is the weird part, It was a little kids computer, well not so little, he was 14 to 15 years old, So of course I was not going to called the police, He is a minor, So what really cant they do to him ?

But I did tell his mother and she was really upset, that her son was watching porn videos, but not only that but it was a young girl in the video.

Well ever since that happen, his motherhas hired me to monitor his computer habbit for awhile, which i did with a remote connection and keyloggers to see what he is doing on the computer, and every week I had to send her the information about videos of her son using the computer . and in case her son does something bad or is up to kow good, She gave me permission to shutdown the computer via remote .

So saying all this, It all depends on the sistuation and if US technician look the other way when something like this happen, Then how can our clients trust us at all ?

is pretty simple, is illegal to have child porn videos on your computer, If you have them and a technician see it, he will report it .

Remember be happy that US technician do our best to keep the clients information and data safe and in privacy mode, But once you give us permission to access your file for what ever reason, what ever we find on your computer regarding child porn will be turn over to the police.

Remember, we technician see a lot of stuff on users computer that we let go such as

pirate copy of software install
P2P software used to download copyright material.
tons of music and movies you know were downloaded illegally.

this are minor things that we let go, But when it comes to our kids, That is one thing I will never let go and I hope no technician will ever do that,

to all those negative poster out there, God forbid is one of your kids that is on that video , and the Technician looks away, and you found about it, I will like to know how you will sleep knowing your child body has been posted all over the internet . and the technician did not do anything about it..

By: mike

mike — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:58:43 +0000

he was asked to fix this image… in doing so he found the child porn… thats not bad (how he found it i mean) its not like he was searching through the computer and cracking passwords to get to private stuff…..

the letter writer is stupid, and the guy who brought his computer in, well i dont think theres a word to describe him

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:43:56 +0000

I have been repairing PC’s and doing data recovery for years. I am an OnTrack partner and have recovered files for individuals as well as local law enforcement. I have come across porn many times in my time while recovering data. In one instance a couple asked me to restore their hard drive (mainly for wedding pictures), but it also picked up lots of porn. I just ignored it and moved it all over to the new HD. BUT… If were to come across child or any other illegal porn, I would not hesitate one second to immediately call the police. I won’t go looking, but I also would never ignore it. I have a contract when I work on a recovery project, it states that any illegal material of any kind, if discovered, will be turned over to the proper authorities. I haven’t had one customer refuse to sign.

By: beavis

beavis — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:06:53 +0000

That person who was whining must be stupid or something. Its illegal theres no justification for possession or making or child porn. The technician did the right thing if i was him i would of done the same thing its simply the right thing to do… If you dont want someone to find out whats on your computer than dont have someone else fix it..

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:30:51 +0000

The Tech was a responsible American. Period.
in any case, your right to privacy ends when you open the front door. For those that Fear “big brother government”remember that privacy Laws were enacted by the same Government, and you also forget that the Internet is a PUBLIC forum, and as such the Government can regulate what it is viewed and what isn’t- so technically everytime you open your browser you open your door and walk into public view. this why the Government tells you to take exterem steps in guarding your private data, by firewall, 128 or better encryption, et al.
Child pronography is one more reason why the American government is stepping into private lives- some Americans simply refuse to regulate themselves.
I appluad the tech for doing what so few Americans would have done. if that makes him Un American- and for Big brother, then So am I.
The only ones responsible for the Moral decay in America are the ones willing to let thier Morals decay. IMHO

By: freedom fighter

freedom fighter — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:47:02 +0000

the tech had the responsibility to inform the goverment… but it is true that our freedom is dwindling away… when the goverment tell isp’s to search their user accounts for cp and report it and keep that private info of their users for 2 years is a clear violation of our basic freedom.. what you surf is your own business and should constitutionally be deleted immediatly after you close your browser and disconnect from the net…. the government is to big… time to take our government back by voting for libertarians and government shrinkage…it supposed to be for the people by the people not by the people for the government which is th current situation…..

By: Libertariandude

Libertariandude — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:41:16 +0000

Although TheTruthWillSetYouFree is probably just a troll its obvious that he has never read the constitution the constitution applys to gov not humans your calling him a traitor for following the first amendment is idiotic.
We do have privacy but the technician was paid to look at the image to clarify it worked heh freedom and liberty if you dont think we are free maybe you should spend a week in a communist country then you will know what true freedom is we the people are the true power of this country politics are nothing without our votes.

Heh Im only 19 i came from a poverty family and im a computer technician now.
Its easy to get into school if you actualy do it.
Mostly processing jobs are being exported it is a bit of a problem.
Family is working my family is fine it doesnt take a mom dad and children to make a family a family is what YOU make it.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:51:01 +0000

Tell you what Mr. TTWSYF, go find some child porn on the internet (probably isn’t that hard); take a picture of your son / daughter / brother / sister / niece / nephew; cut out their face and tape it over the face of the image on your computer screen. While you are looking at that, see if you can even repeat the bilge you spouted. I have no idea what the new world order mafia is, but why don’t you move to Antartica and get away from it. You obviously aren’t happy where you are at.

By: jerry

jerry — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:02:13 +0000

I think the tech did the right thig. Plus, get this: Child porn is a FELONY! Knowledge of a felony and not reporting it IS also a felony! If it were discovered that the tech knew about the porn and did not report it, he would also be in jail. My information on this comes from the police department.