I am still trying to understand, since the Police Department in the news release describes the contents of the Dropbox as "possible inappropriate photos," since when is it a crime to access "possible inappropriate" photos?
The Joplin community would be better served if the police would just explain why it could be illegal- When you are talking about naked photos of children under the age of 18 and the sharing of those photos,you are talking about child pornography.
Here is the Police Department release:
On April 14, 2015, the Joplin Police Department responded to the Joplin School District in reference to some possible inappropriate pictures that were found on a student’s phone.
The phone has been confiscated and we are conducting an investigation. We are very early into this investigation and therefore we are not releasing any details pertaining to the investigation at this time. We can confirm that no arrests have been made involving this incident at this time.
We have been made aware of information concerning this investigation, that has been put on social media, that is inaccurate. That information was never confirmed by the police department.
As this situation develops and more information becomes available for release, we will send updates out to the media. We would like to caution, that if a family member has received the suspected Dropboxlink, knowingly opening the link or sharing it could constitute a crime.
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And we all know that the police department would NEVER lie.
So let's disable to drop box link all together. Doesn't JPD have a Cyber Crimes Team? Isn't that what they do??
The Police Department:
We would like to caution, that if a family member has received the suspected Dropboxlink, knowingly opening the link or sharing it could constitute a crime.
Which as far as I know is wrong. Or at least when I've downloaded files from Dropbox without having an account, a link to a particular one gives you the option of downloading it, which indeed might be a crime in this case, or "Save to my Dropbox", which I assume adds it to your Dropbox account.
This help entry also makes it clear that folders of Dropbox items can be shared, which is what I assume has been going on. Just looking at a list of files in a folder is also not any crime I'm aware of.
But if an attempt is being made to suppress knowledge of the extent of this before a court order can be sent to Dropbox to end public access of these files, that is, for example to discourage parents from looking at file names and guessing if any of them are their daughters', well, such a vague threat might indicate something other than computer illiteracy on the part of the Department.
Yes they have a cyber crimes taskforce....kind of.
I'm still trying to understand why you have not issued an apology for printing false information about kids being arrested, when the police and the school have said there were no arrests made. You got it wrong Turner, now do the right thing in owning up to it. You expect other people to, why not yourself????????????
I heard there was a lock down after school today. Anybody know what's up?
The lock down was another accidental one.
10:29,
He said that part of the information was incorrect. Get over yourself and drop it.
Troll much?
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