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A tv program here in Brazil showed the "cutting edge" tech in capturing "pedophiles"

First, they showed that the police here, got from some US organizations, access to some kind of realtime NSA style spying tools, they showed on tv that their software show realtime torrent data transfer worldwide, with pips popping up on a map in the entire planet!

Then, they decided to show one person, and showed on tv some kind of hidden teamviewer, they showed someone screen, realtime.

All of this already made me cringe, what kind of mass spying is US exporting?

Then the tv showed 3 people caught, showed their names, location, jobs, even filmed one guy house and his family inside...

1. One guy was an old man that wants help and avoid kids.

2. Another is a 32 year old unemployed that never his parents apartment, and never invite anyone, doesn't have friends or romantic partners.

3. Guy is 28 year old IT worker, no friends or girlfriend. used his work Internet because he couldn't afford broadband at home.

None of the 3 are in jail, they were only officially charged, and they don't have a trial date yet.

Then the tv points out that 70% of pedophiles in jail actually raped a child, and implied that those 3 maybe lied about never abused kids.

So, illegal spying, and guilty until proven otherwise? How these 3 will walk on the street now? All of them lived in smaller towns, and the tv station was the most popular tv station of the country.

parent speeder 10 years ago

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