Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse

Post by deltoidmaximus » Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 2:26 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #259

vintermann wrote: post #245

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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…

Note how they didn't say that the legal process wasn't followed just that they didn't want to use their fancy face recognition for a good cause in one very particular instance. > https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1r6wluq/departmen... Let's see them stand tall then, now that the department of HS is going to make the request, no doubt through the appropriately bought and paid for channels.

Post by infecto » Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC

palmotea wrote: post #151

itishappy wrote: post #88

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Another comment mentioned ICE as well, so I've been looking into it, and imagine my surprise to learn that ICE (yes that one) has been working in this space since since the Obama admin. Huh. https://www.ice.gov/careers/hero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_for_Victims_of_Traffic...

Yeah, I looked into it, and ICE actually has two distinct components: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Pretty much everyone things ICE == ERO, so you've got stuff like Canadians agitating to close the HSI collaboration offices in Canada.

Post by e40 » Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

dhosek wrote: post #176

phire wrote: post #49

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Sex offender registries are just registries. They only work if someone decides to actually do a query. It might prevent them from getting a childcare job, but it doesn't really prevent them from accessing children at all. The registers are also massively bloated, some people get put on them for nothing more than public urination. The only sex offenders who actually get regular checks that might identify this type of…

Other things that could get you on the registry include visiting a nude beach in California or being an 18-year-old high school student with a 17-year-old girlfriend and having your sexual activity discovered by a vindictive parent (that last one will get you the bonus bar of shame of criminal activity involving a minor). The registries are rather blunt tools and also end up doing things like making getting housing d…

Post by jacquesm » Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC

wombat-man wrote: post #296

jacquesm wrote: post #102

So, 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…

Yeah this kind of work is really important but man I just don't think I could do it.

Post by haritha-j » Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC