Germany Searches Credit Cards For Child Porn Payments 283
narramissic writes "According to an ITworld article, police in the German state of Sachsen-Anhalt have teamed with credit card companies to sift through the transactions of over 22 million customers looking for those who may have purchased child pornography online. To date they have identified 322 suspects." From the article: "German data privacy laws allow police to ask financial institutions to provide data about individuals but only if the investigators meet certain conditions, including a concrete suspicion of illegal behavior and narrowly defined search criteria, according to Johann Bizer, deputy director of the Independent Center for Privacy Protection... In the case under investigation, police were aware of a child pornography Web site outside of Germany that was attracting users inside the country. And they asked the credit-card companies to conduct a database search narrowed to three criteria: a specific amount of money, a specific time period and a specific receiver account."
Now, by "sift through" ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Now, by "sift through" ... (Score:5, Funny)
Godwin's Law (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Now, by "sift through" ... (Score:5, Funny)
Scheisse! (Score:5, Funny)
MANN) Nein, nein, das ist nicht ein kidipornen! Dis ist die regular wholesome scheisse videos mit conzenting aldulten gefichen mit die turdenpoopen.
POLIZE) Ach! Ve are mischtaken. Zo zorry for gewasten du timen, proud zitizen. Gutenhaben, unt enjoy die turdenpoopen!
Thanks, you did society a service. (Score:3, Funny)
I don't think they'll buy that. (Score:4, Funny)
That excuse only works on your wife, or your girlfriend.
I know it works on my wife, and my girlfriend.
Re:WHY?! - DOH! (Score:4, Funny)
I meant that I "hear" that about free porn on the net, not kiddie porn...
Re:Now, by "sift through" ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Doesn't even prove that... (Score:4, Funny)
Is this [howstuffworks.com] a good site for that?
Re:I have paid for porn (Score:5, Funny)
I really wish there was a "-1 Too Informative" mod. :-)
Re:Now, by "sift through" ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I have paid for porn (Score:3, Funny)