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Fri, 04 March 2005 14:44

timmy

Has no life at all

Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13818

I used to think this didn't need to be said. But I found out earlier today that I need to say it.

Do not, ever, give your credit or other account card or other details to any porn site or probably to any age verification system.

OK, this is not for the reason you would expect. I don't actually care if they charge your credit card from here until doomsday. I care instaed about what type of people have your card details.

Let me play out a scenario here:

You give your card to "Adultporn Inc" to see perfectly lawful porn. You are a happy customer. You even cancelled the membership and they were as good as gold and stopped charging you.

A long time later, after you have forgotten that you even looked at Adultporn Inc's wares, there is a knock on your door. Several large uniformed policemen arrest you because your account was a subscriber to "Kiddiporn Inc". You are held in a police station, your life is trampled over, your computer is seized, and you are terrified.

"But I only ever went to Adultporn Inc!" And you protest.

What you didn't know was that Adultporn Inc and Kiddieporn Inc are one and the same organisation. They were raided six months ago and ALL subscribers to the organisation, all, without exception, are being rounded up because it is suspected that they have unlawful pictures in their possession.

The fact that you are innocent is not relevant. Friends, neighbours have seen you crammed into a police car. You have several weeks of horrible anticipation of a potential eventual trial. And you may be unable to prove your innocence.

I found out because this scenario is a posisble explanation of what happened to someone I know in the early part of yesterday. There are other explanations too.

[Updated on: Fri, 04 March 2005 14:58]

Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School

		Safety and common sense By: timmy on Fri, 04 March 2005 14:44
		Re: Safety and common sense By: marc on Fri, 04 March 2005 15:42
		Re: Safety and common sense By: tBP on Fri, 04 March 2005 18:06
		Re: Safety and common sense By: timmy on Fri, 04 March 2005 23:24
		Re: Safety and common sense By: marc on Sat, 05 March 2005 01:12
		If you have exposed yourself to this one: By: timmy on Sun, 06 March 2005 20:33
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		Re: Safety and common sense By: tBP on Wed, 09 March 2005 21:28
		Re: Safety and common sense By: timmy on Thu, 10 March 2005 08:16
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