IP: Kiddie Porn Traders Outed

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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> Gnutella porn surfers exposed
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> Zeropaid.com wants to keep Gnutella clean by posting a Wall of Shame -- the
> IP addresses of those who attempt to download porn files.
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> By Bob Sullivan, MSNBC
> May 4, 2000 6:09 AM PT
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> Search for child pornography on the Internet, and your IP address just might
> show up on the Zeropaid.com Wall of Shame.
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> The music portal Web site is currently playing a trick on those who are
> looking for pedophilia using the Gnutella file-sharing program. Download one
> of Zeropaid.com's temptingly named images, and the site logs your time of
> download, IP address and domain name - and then posts them on a Web site for
> all to see.
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> The Wall of Shame went into operation April 27, in part as a reaction to an
> MSNBC report indicating file-sharing software Gnutella was being used to
> trade child pornography. The idea is to scare and embarrass would-be
> pedophiles into avoiding Gnutella, thus cleaning up the service.
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> "Most people are using Gnutella to download music. Very few people are using
> it for child porn, and I don't want them on it," said Jorge Gonzalez,
> founder of Zeropaid.com. He thinks the Wall of Shame might be enough of a
> deterrent to scare pedophiles into heading elsewhere.