‘Porn dog’ used by FBI to sniff out child pornography

Posted by | June 23, 2016 21:00 | Filed under: Top Stories

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The FBI has a dog that has unique abilities.

The pooch named URL (pronounced Earl) is a black Lab trained for detecting electronic storage devices.

Affectionately dubbed “porn dog” by the department, URL operates by sniffing out chemicals used in storage media.

URL comes from the same trainer as the K-9 that helped arrest former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle.

 

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9 responses to ‘Porn dog’ used by FBI to sniff out child pornography

  1. lolana June 23rd, 2016 at 21:31

    Porn sniffing, doggie style!

  2. Mensa Member June 23rd, 2016 at 21:39

    This isn’t an Onion story?

    I read the linked story and it still didn’t make much sense to me. Don’t child pornographers just keep the files on their computer’s hard drive? What is the dog sniffing for? Thumb drives?

    • James Royals June 23rd, 2016 at 21:46

      Yes.

      • Mensa Member June 23rd, 2016 at 21:59

        So, they have a thumb drive hidden somewhere in their house?

        I suppose that makes sense.

        I don’t want to seem creepy but digital security intrigues me.

        I think if I wanted to hide a trove of files, I’d encrypt it with PGP and store it anonymously in the cloud.

    • robert June 23rd, 2016 at 23:03

      I read the Jared fogle bust in the local paper.this dog is for real… when Jared hid his micro drive in his home this dog found it

  3. bpollen June 24th, 2016 at 03:48

    How can Rover distinguish between child porn and Aunt Mabel’s 300 pictures of her “Chihuahua named Carlos that had some kind of skin disease and was totally blind?”

  4. Budda June 24th, 2016 at 08:42

    I know dogs have great sniffing abilities but I question the admissibility of their findings in courts. Their handlers can manipulate the dog is my point. Poisoned tree and all that.

  5. 17 June 24th, 2016 at 13:01

    I don’t understand how the ability to find storage media equates to Child Pornography.
    I have tons of porn, and not one byte of it is Child Porn. That dog is welcome to come and sniff my files, as long as he stays outtta my dope.

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