I know some people hate long discussions... But... When they say that...
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63643)
United States
October 12, 2024 8:30pm CST
I was reading an article about a predator who sexually assaulted a young woman and then got caught.
He said: "I am so sorry for what I have done. That's it. That's all I can say."
Is he really sorry he did that?
No.
He is sorry he got caught.
Now, at least we hope he wasn't a serial killer. Was the young woman he assaulted his first victim? All we can hope is that this was his first, and last.
But, we know this probably wasn't a spur of the moment, random act. From the article he followed her around the store. He planned on doing it. How many times did he fantasize about doing it before he actually did it?
He was probably watching violent p*rn for a while, probably for years, before he did it.
Even if those sites that have that stuff like that on them were all taken down, people like him would still fantasize about it.
Instead of taking the sites down, maybe it would be better if they would agree to track people like that. I am aware that in some countries p*rn is illegal. I am also aware that the users could be hiding behind sites like Incogni, Cyberghost, or some other VPN. I could hope there are things out there that could track them, or maybe even just block VPNs and other sites like them.
So, the police would not be able to see these things, but if some young person, and predators don't just target women, they could request records of people who live in the area and are watching a lot of violent p*rn.
Would these sites give it to law enforcement? Maybe not, but it would look good for them to do so. I can almost hear them say: 'Oh, we are just providing a service, but we do not condone acting out on the subjects you are watching.'
It might scare some people, but if they don't, and then the government of the country they are in gets wind of it, they may very well get shut down.
Do I really think this is going to happen?
No.
But, wouldn't it be nice if it did?
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@anya12adwi (9943)
• India
13 Oct
I don't understand how people are wasting their time in unproductive stuffs!
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
14 Oct
@anya12adwi one hopes that would discourage them, no... it won't
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@anya12adwi (9943)
• India
15 Oct
@ElicBxn I know won't discourage them but it will irritate them! Can extend to 10 minutes advocating how to lead safe conjugal life and women are not objects and you need permission from them! Trust me, that will spoil their mood!
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@somewitch (1409)
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13 Oct
Tracking would be very hard, maybe they should allow users to access extreme content only if they provide identification, but unfortunately that could also be circumvented.
Law enforcement also does a good job with "setting traps" but it's never enough.
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
14 Oct
@somewitch I realize that most of those kinds of p*rn sites are on the dark web, but most law enforcement groups share those groups around. Yes, new ones pop up, but can be tracked down by citizens who look for those things. If those sites are targeted if they don't block VPN IPs they will do so. Yeah, nobody can block them all the time, but if they at least try, then if they do share IPs that come from the targeted areas it could lead to quicker investigations.
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@somewitch (1409)
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14 Oct
@ElicBxn Oh right, some sites can choose to block VPN traffic. Yet the way they do it is by blacklisting IPs they know come from VPN servers. It should be effective for most but sometimes it takes time to update the list. And some sites might not be willing to implement that block.
But that would be something, for sure. 
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@kaylachan (71918)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Oct
They might. Under the right circumstances, law enforcment can get records from phones and browser history. If they can get a warent to take someone's computer, they could get a company or site to give up data. Many sites actually admit to selling data, so yeah. You just need a reason. But, the world doesn't always work like we think it should.
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
13 Oct
But those options are there after they have a suspect. I'm saying that if the police realize they probably have a serial killer, or one in the making, to request info on anyone in the area who are watching violent content, or 'snuff' type content a lot, so they can narrow down the pool. By 'a lot' I'm talking several times a week, especially fixating on one video or one type of video.
I'm not sure, but if they could make it so the videos can't be downloaded then they can only see what they want by going to the website. I would think the websites would like it so they can charge every time someone watches it.
It should be easy to check off men who aren't the killer, this would just be narrowing down the pool of suspects.
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
14 Oct
I believe our police are doing things. There are a few out there who got into law enforcement because they view it as a power trip. Others are racists... really, I have known good police persons (my sister-in-law is retired police) but there are some who are not.
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@RevivedWarrior (2476)
• India
13 Oct
One of the reasons, why law enforcement are not able to do the tracking is perhaps due to human rights. We all have privacy rights and that is a thin line for Governments to tamper with. However, the idea of the sites collaborating with government agencies in terms of content viewing and viewing details seem to be a good idea. We could monitor people who are continuously watching things which are not great and catch them before they hurt anyone. In that way less victims and more predators are caught and punished severely. Hope your idea gets approval and we have less cases across the globe.
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
14 Oct
It is a thin line, and it certainly wasn't possible before the internet. Still, they aren't doing it all the time, after all. Probably 99% of people watching this stuff would never act on it. What the police would be looking for are those in their area who watch it over and over, probably narrowing it down to only a handful which would be less than having every guy in town lining up to do a DNA swab.
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