Google Spotted Explicit Images Of A Child In A Man's Email Tipped Authorities

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Im surprised that there isnt just some kind of API that inspects files and says "not legal"/"legal" for website operators to use. Then they can just refuse to traffic said files if illegal. It could be as simple as testing a file hash like VirusTotal and making a judgement call. Then if someone wants to traffic in illegal content they'll at least have to resort to crypto.

Whats that you were saying about the NSA's mass collection program?

1. They didn't tip the authorities but the "national center for missing and exploited children" which in turn tipped the authorities: http://www.khou.com/story/news/crime/2014/07/30/houston-man-....

2. It happened before (and thankfully it will happen again) most online services employ this detection against a centralized database run by Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2009/dec09/12-1... and such action is covered in the TOS.

3. The NSA comment is bunk, don't make martyrs of child molesters. As a father I'm very grateful to this sort of system.

4. If a story is reported on in a source other than Businesses insider, it would behoove you to post the other source instead.

5. Dupes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8128951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8125039 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8128687

"3. The NSA comment is bunk, don't make martyrs of child molesters."

This is offensive and a low blow and you know it. You know this has nothing to do with the child molester and everything to do with google processing and understanding your email data, otherwise i would have not posted this link to a tech site.

NB: You made an account just to make this comment, why?

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