cheka.
24th March 2018, 06:48 AM
those guys at nsa are so funny :rolleyes:
https://www.rt.com/news/421863-child-abuse-blockchain-bitcoin/
Child abuse imagery has been detected in Bitcoin’s blockchain, according to a new study. The discovery potentially puts cryptocurrency users at risk, as anyone who downloads a blockchain could be held liable for illegal content.
Researchers from RWTH Aachen University in Germany and the Data Protection Research Institute at Goethe University in Frankfurt found 1600 files, including texts and images, on blockchain. Among the data were instances of illegal pornography and serious privacy violations, the team says.
The researchers extracted content from the blockchain, converted it into readable files and presented their findings at the Financial Cryptography and Data Security conference in Curaçao earlier this month. Eight files with sexual content were detected, two of which were backups of link lists to child pornography, containing 274 links to websites, some 142 of which referred to Tor hidden services.
Yesterday, we gave our talk on unwanted blockchain content in #bitcoin at #fc18. Had great discussions afterwards! Now we're looking forward to presenting follow-up results at #ic2e#bta in April!
FC'18 Paper: https://t.co/bWsrDcZzRz
BTA paper: https://t.co/SDvT8Tr87spic.twitter.com/fYw8nqJrDE
— Roman Matzutt (@matzutt) March 1, 2018
The remainder reportedly included an image depicting mild nudity of a young woman and five files which showed, described, or linked to mildly pornographic content. The origin of all this content is not clear. “Among these files there is clearly objectionable content such as links to child pornography, which is distributed to all Bitcoin participants,” the researchers’ paper states.
https://www.rt.com/news/421863-child-abuse-blockchain-bitcoin/
Child abuse imagery has been detected in Bitcoin’s blockchain, according to a new study. The discovery potentially puts cryptocurrency users at risk, as anyone who downloads a blockchain could be held liable for illegal content.
Researchers from RWTH Aachen University in Germany and the Data Protection Research Institute at Goethe University in Frankfurt found 1600 files, including texts and images, on blockchain. Among the data were instances of illegal pornography and serious privacy violations, the team says.
The researchers extracted content from the blockchain, converted it into readable files and presented their findings at the Financial Cryptography and Data Security conference in Curaçao earlier this month. Eight files with sexual content were detected, two of which were backups of link lists to child pornography, containing 274 links to websites, some 142 of which referred to Tor hidden services.
Yesterday, we gave our talk on unwanted blockchain content in #bitcoin at #fc18. Had great discussions afterwards! Now we're looking forward to presenting follow-up results at #ic2e#bta in April!
FC'18 Paper: https://t.co/bWsrDcZzRz
BTA paper: https://t.co/SDvT8Tr87spic.twitter.com/fYw8nqJrDE
— Roman Matzutt (@matzutt) March 1, 2018
The remainder reportedly included an image depicting mild nudity of a young woman and five files which showed, described, or linked to mildly pornographic content. The origin of all this content is not clear. “Among these files there is clearly objectionable content such as links to child pornography, which is distributed to all Bitcoin participants,” the researchers’ paper states.