I have read the last post of a pedophile here and would like to give you the opportunity to give insights into the other side
I am a German investigator to combat child pornography Ama
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I have read the last post of a pedophile here and would like to give you the opportunity to give insights into the other side
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First of all, how are you? Does the job take a toll and how do you manage it?
How do you investigate something? Like what is the entire process? How did you get into this line of work?
What made you want to get into the role as an Investigator? And how do you go about catching / Investigating these horrible people?
What is the saddest case you’ve found?
What does you being German have to do with any of this?
First of all, thank you for your work.
What was the biggest success you ever had?
Damn man, I don’t have any questions. Just keep doing God’s work, bro.
Are you a digital forensics expert?
A friend I had in childhood recently got sent to jail for being a pedo
He spent his life in care after being beaten regularly by his mother. Witnessed his foster sister drowned..
Do you think that stuff can warp a person to the point they seek this stuff out?
What do you think of the differences in punishment in Germany/Europe versus America? In the USA, this offense has a five year minimum federally but the usual case is 10 years, plus lifetime probation and restrictions.
It’s a losing battle. You only have the resources to catch the ‘big fish’. Next.
I used to volunteer helping adult victims of sex trafficking. The amount of abuse these women faced was hard to mentally process. I eventually had to limit my exposure because it would become emotionally overwhelming.
I just want to say thanks for fighting for such a good cause. Undoubtedly this could be a very mentally challenging job. Might god be with you and those you serve.
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what do you know about Marakkech in Morocco, and what do you know about the pedo that was released from jail by the king?
do you investigate also in the dark web? have ever catched one of those organized criminals who sell children? do you investigate those associations working with children?
Where do you think Epstein and his network fit in?
[Insight into the blind side… :/
The side that is called heroic and censors the suffering of others by flagging them monsters despite them having to strive 100x times harder than a normal human just to live…
I’ve met many people who made it their lives mission to be some sort of hunter/catcher only to end up harming children through ignorance…
Been there done that…]
Thank you for your work! How long do you suspect your mental health will last doing this kind of job? I personally would teach a point where I’d go crazy and either be admitted to a mental health institution, or murdering pedophiles.
And if you’re already struggling, thank you for your sacrifice. You’re a hero 💙
What are some systemic reasons for child pornography? Is there anything that can prevent people from seeking it out?
What do you think of AI generated child porn and the ethics of it?
Since digital media spreads so quickly, it’s often hard to trace it back to the original source. Have you ever actually managed to reach or identify the original victim or the person who first shared it?
I feel like it’s really important to catch the source—the person who actually created or started distributing the content. Going after people who just have it stored on their devices (even though they’re still guilty in a way) seems less effective. I do get that people who consume this kind of content are complicit and often predators themselves, but shouldn’t more focus go into finding the original perpetrator?
Keep doing the good work!!
How common is it for you to catch repeat offenders?
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How much CP have you seen with your own eyes?
What do you think about that some reporters did a better job in fighting child pornography than all of the german government in recent years?
How many websites are “too accessible”?
I don’t want to know anything about those people or the things you’ve experienced, but I would like to know what kind of resources they provide you for your own mental health, as I suspect you need to cope with some things after an investigation.
I remember reading another ama with someone in that field. They said that people usually don’t make it too long and leave the field after a few years because the job weighs on you. Being reminded every day that children are being abused horrifically.
Is that true in your experience?
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Do you confirm to iso 270001?
Do you see any common aspect between pedo’s or child porn addicts? Like have the majority had a violent childhood, been raped or something like that?
I was curious if you noticed a pattern in the people you find? Did they have a bad past? Are they a victim creating other victims?
Do you believe the there’s any weight behind the theory that some child abuse victims go on to abuse children themselves due to damage leading to never ending cycle as a result. If that’s true then how do you think is the best approach to solve the cycle
Also given what do is there anything rules or such you have to do like getting your phone or equipment searched or mandatory mental health check ups
Do you there may be some pedophiles who look for jobs such as you have just so they can look at this stuff but with less scrutiny on them? Do you think in this case they’re less or more likely to be caught?
How are your handling AI porn of children? Is this becoming a greater problem? How is it being combatted?
I have a friend who works in this area. It’s really emotionally damaging.
No question, just thank you for doing what you do.
How would someone go about doing that? I’ve had interest in combating cyber crimes in the past, which included stuff like investigating people who had CSAM. I initially wanted to be a police officer, but then found out there were a lot of other responsibilities that I wasn’t suited for. So I shelved the idea.
From your post, you seem to deal specifically with the investigative side of things, so I’d love to hear what type of things you studied and how someone would go about working in such a field.
What’s the process for investigating this stuff?
AMA but no answers…
Any connections with USA agencies? I would like to help in the fight.
Are you planning to actually answer any questions?
Keep up the good fight.
Is it true that pedophiles also exchange images that they get from the parents’ social media? Like maybe bikini photos or the child on the potty or in the bathtub that the parents themselves posted? I heard it’s a thing.
What’s the biggest bust you’ve ever had? Have you taken down large child sex trafficking Rings or helped to? Or found a main distributor/ maker and put them away?
Also, as a former victim of child trafficking, thank you for all you’ve done.
Why isn’t it called “child sexual abuse material” more often. The word pornography implies consent imo
!remindme 1 day
what can i do to help?
i have some questions
how do u catch such people ?
any signs some child is being lured into this ?
is every pedophile evil ?
tbh why does anyone ever see a child sexually ?
Nice, keep doing it, no questions.
You’re doing God’s work
Keine Frage, nur Danke für deine so wichtige Arbeit!!!!!!
Can you please go investigate Facebook and help get rid of that junk from there?
How do you relax on your spear time? Is it hard to switch between work mode and relax mode?
How does this affect you mentally? How long have you worked in that field? Do you have kids of your own and if, how do you protect them?
Any advise for what to look out for as parents, relatives or adults when it comes to protect the children in our lives?
I’m so impressed by what you do and I wish you nothing but love, fortune and health. I’d never be able to do what you do.
All the governments are involved in what your trying to stop even the police. you’re only going to catch the small fish but still do good. Keep it up 👍
Nice!
Habe mal mit einem deiner Kollegen gesprochen, der von so krassen Fällen berichtet hat wie einem, der über seinem Bett ein Metallgestell mit Kinderunterwäsche + Puppen hängen hatte. Hattest du auch so krasse Fälle?
Wie groß ist dein Zuständigkeitsbereich, wie viele Pädophile?
Sonst irgendwelche Fälle, die dir besonders in Erinnerung geblieben sind?
Do you carry a PPK?
Warum löscht ihr nicht die ganzen Inhalte bzw. Lust sie löschen. Dadurch werden die Opfer immer wieder zu opfern.
Warum will die Politik IPs speichern, obwohl bekannt ist, dass das nichts bringt – da die Menschen, die das “professionell” machen, wissen wie sie sich schützen?
If it’s not too personal of a question, why did you decide to focus on combatting online paedophillia. It is a very noble cause at that
Would you consider a crime an AI generating child pornography content? How do you see that?
Who exactly do you try to catch? The actual perpetrators who produce it or do you go after anyone downloading it? How do you prioritize it? And how do you usually find these people? From reports?
Fo you have to see all the stuff? And if so how do you deal with that? I imagine the average person would be incredibly upset having to see even one image like that let alone hundreds or even thousands
Do you work with state police?
Thats awesome but I mean can’t the FBI just do it? It’s probably an extremely rare crime anyway
How does one get into this line of work?
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As a developer it always interested me where the bound between doing good and breaching privacy of people. I mean to know what content one downloads you need to dig very deep because of all the mechanisms like ssl ,vpn etc… so how exactly do you know without breaking the low or breaching regular people’s privacy?
Based on what suspicion do you get to investigate a person? Can it just be that someone tells you they are a pedophile or reports them and you can open an investigation or does there have to be proof?
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Do they have something in common except that they are pedos?
Can you check Trumps computer?
how do you even know where to look to begin investigating a potential case? do you just wait for tips or what
What country’s authorities are not cooperative with your team?
How are cp removed off the internet , like what methods , apps or techniques do you have for permeant scrubs?
First thing: you’re doing God’s work. I respect that massively.
My questions are: How has working on these cases impacted you psychologically? Has this significantly changed your perspective on life?
It must be very difficult to work in some of the darkest and sickest corners of humanity.
I think people are insanely unaware of noticing whether someone might be an offending pedo.
For me i gathered these can be flags:
Someone who tries to groom women to be pregnant
Someone who tortures and abuses animals
Someone who targets mentally and/or financially vulnerable single mothers
Someone who habitually blurs boundary lines when physically touchy/playful with kids. (Hugs, tickling, “roughhousing”, massages)
Someone who seems to fixate on children in a setting more than other adults around them.
Offending pedos like to put themselves in positions where they actively have access to minors, often in a dynamic where there is power imbalance such as a teacher, babysitter, child actor industry worker.
A past history of abusing adults before moving onto kids, though not always as they can be very charismatic in having a good reputation to insulate the child abuse.
Do you agree with these observations?
What are red flags that youd add?
You ever go off the books and just torture a Pedo to death?
genuinely thank you so much for what you’re doing. i cannot imagine how horrific this job is with the things you see and discover.
One of my exes was a pedo. He said he was watching and dowloading child porn when he was like 18 or 19. This was on one of the local youth centers computers, and the feds were investigating but never found out it was him. He has had multiple head injuries as well as schizophrenia and drug addiction. I think he said when he was 18, he had sex with a 12 year old who claimed to be 16. I am not sure how he found out how old she actually was, but he said he was obsessed with the encounter. I tried breaking up with him multiple times over all this. He was also physically and verbally abusive. Anyways anytime I would try to break up with him he would threaten suicide. I was young and strung out on heroin like him. I would stay for some reason worried he would kill himself or come back when he would louier me with free drugs. Sometimes he would trap me in his house for days. After about a year of this nonsense I finally left him for good.