Child porn linked to St. Ann Parish in Independence

[pstokely]

Source: KSHB

A spokeswoman with the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph said an investigation began when authorities discovered two child pornography downloads from peer-to-peer websites on Feb. 5 with an IP address from the church’s rectory.
Carrie Cooper, the Director of the Office of Child Protection with the Diocese, said all the computers and electronic storage devices have been taken from the building.
Independence police referred questions about the investigation to the Jackson County prosecutor's office, which declined comment Tuesday.

The parish office's Wi-Fi address wasn't password-protected, meaning people nearby could have used the parish's connection to download the material.




Read more: http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/region_missouri/independence/search-warrant-served-at-independence-church

[lunatica]

1. What you don't know about computers will trap you in the end

It's practically like leaving your fingerprints all over a crime scene. They will find out whoever is downloading child porn.

[Sherman A1]

2. Agreed

But, I would like to wait for the investigation to be completed before drawing any conclusions on the matter. If it was an open wi-fi network then there are all sorts of possibilities.

[lunatica]

3. Yes. I don't see any need to jump to conclusions

When I read it wasn't password protected I thought the same thing. It's like having an open wi-fi network in any public space.

[In_The_Wind]

4. In this case: That is a wonderful thing!

[Dash87]

5. For this case, it depends. If it exists on the church HD,

then the police are in luck. If it was a wifi-troll, will be much more difficult.

[Earth_First]

6. The Office of Child Protection?!

Someone please tell me that this office does much more for the church than offer damage control for rhe Diocese...

[lunatica]

8. I believe this is the city goverment, not anything to do with the church itself

It does say that the church is cooperating fully. It was the last line in the article.

[freshwest]

7. I'll withhold judgement, since it was unprotected wifi. Too many cases such as these:

Innocent Man Accused Of Child Pornography After Neighbor Pirates His WiFi

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/24/unsecured-wifi-child-pornography-innocent_n_852996.html

Seems redundant, but there's more information on how this scenario can be prevented in the comment section. As usual, it descended into 2A territory:

Unsecured Routers Land People in a Heap of Police Trouble

http://www.dailytech.com/Unsecured+Routers+Land+People+in+a+Heap+of+Police+Trouble/article21453.htm

10 ways you might be breaking the law with your computer

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-ways-you-might-be-breaking-the-law-with-your-computer-updated/1400

That last link has a section on child pornography. Many of the regulations began in the Clinton years and people applauded it because other countries were doing a lot of bootlegging of all kinds of entertainment media. The producers who financed these films had figured into their budget after market sales but it was being destroyed.

A case in WA state got a man in serious trouble. Someone on his street had downloaded child pornography off his router. I can't find the story, seems most of our newspapers are deleting their stories online as fast as they write them.

I don't do wifi for this reason, I can't keep up with all the work to maintain a safe router. I dread the day they finally force us all to go wireless.