first part of the article reads: Darkweb a encrypted part of the internet. Isn't darkweb just the part where bots don't index? is it realy encrypted?
It's all encrypted.
Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse
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#242Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not surprising to me at all. I’m a straight man and I’ve always dated single mothers, and it always shocked me how bad their ex partners were. Woman are drawn to toxic abusers like men are drawn to OnlyFans models and the real victims are the children. And women can be incredibly blind to what is going on with their child when they’re in a codependent relationship with the abuser.
"women are drawn to toxic abusers" is very, very wrong. It indicates a wish/desire/need to be abused. No, they are not drawn to that. Many abusers know how to look nice and perfect and are great at manipulation. Also, there may just be a lot of bad men in your social peer group. Don't make it sound like it's the womens fault.
> "women are drawn to toxic abusers" is very, very wrong. It indicates a wish/desire/need to be abused.
It doesn't have to indicate that. I think it's more likely that those traits that those women find attractive are the same traits that toxic abusers have.
> Don't make it sound like it's the womens fault.
I don't think he was doing that - people can't help what traits they find attractive.
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#243Earlier quoted context omitted.
Facebook shut down their facial recognition program in 2021 and deleted the data in response to public frustrations. It’s really sad now to see people getting angry at Facebook not having facial recognition technology.
I can't help but notice the exact wording of FB's response - or rather what they didn't say. If someone asks me to do them a favor, I have basically three options for a reply: • I can and I will; • I can but I won't; or • I am not able to. FB's answer was not option 3. I think a more plausible explanation is that FB did not want to set a precedent of being the facial recog avenue of choice for the Fed.
There's another option "I will but only if ..." which is what Facebook rightfully went with. Come back with a warrant is _always_ the correct answer when dealing with LE.
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#244Earlier quoted context omitted.
Facebook shut down their facial recognition program in 2021 and deleted the data in response to public frustrations. It’s really sad now to see people getting angry at Facebook not having facial recognition technology.
I can't help but notice the exact wording of FB's response - or rather what they didn't say. If someone asks me to do them a favor, I have basically three options for a reply: • I can and I will; • I can but I won't; or • I am not able to. FB's answer was not option 3. I think a more plausible explanation is that FB did not want to set a precedent of being the facial recog avenue of choice for the Fed.
A fourth option is "I can and I will, but only after certain prerequisites are met - go away and meet them first", which looks to me what they were saying.
Re: Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse
#245So, I had a friend. Had because he's dead. He did this work for a decade and a half and then couldn't deal with it anymore. In that time he put countless assholes behind bars. At some point he stopped responding to my emails so I called the unit and they were absolutely devastated, this guy was the backbone of their operation, the one with by far the most computer experience of all of them. RIP Ronald. It is very har…
So why wouldn't the investigators follow the appropriate legal process?
Now, I'm sure that everything present in this article is true. But I'm worried that the reason we get this article now (apparently the things the article describes happened 10-15 years ago) is because it's part of someone's job to build support for warrantless driftnet surveillance, mandatory real-ID systems etc.
So I think it's fair to ask: why was it so hard to give Facebook the warrant they asked for?
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#246> They contacted Facebook, which at the time dominated the social media landscape, asking for help scouring uploaded family photos - to see if Lucy was in any of them. But Facebook, despite having facial recognition technology, said it "did not have the tools" to help. Willing to bet my life savings that they are able to do exactly this when the goal is to create shadow profiles or maximize some metric.
Facial recognition is very powerful these days. My friend took a photo of his kid at the top of Twin Peaks in SF, with the city in the background. Unfortunately, due to the angle, you could barely see the eyes and a portion of the nose of the kid. Android was still able to tag the kid. I feel like Facebook really dropped the ball here. It is obvious that Squire and colleagues are working for the Law Enforcement. If F…
Facebook carried a ball?
I'm willing to bet said ball was kicked into the jungle five seconds after registering the domain.
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#247Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
For any Australians here, there is also https://www.accce.gov.au/what-we-do/trace-an-object - I hope there are similar sites for other regions too.
Don't region lock yourself - abuse investigations in Europe or Australia may be from abuse in a different jurisdiction. Alternatively, a gift given from an Australian family member to a European could be a bit of information that helps an investigation rule out or close in on a potential abuser.
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#248Great article. On HN though “dark web agent” sounds like some AI bot did the work. It was far more interesting the way they did it.
So "agent" only means "AI agent" now?
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#249Fricken love this story ...
And now I'm thinking who *wouldn't* want to volunteer to go all in on this kind of stuff once their main work winds down? (Facebook apparently).
... starts looking for dark web vigilante groups
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#250I'm impressed by the people doing this job. How do you turn off at the end of the shift and go home to sleep, when you know an hour more of work could make a more immediate difference? How does work/life balance work in this profession?