WIRED takes a look at "Operation Candyman," an FBI child porn sting that concentrated on a particular Egroup at Yahoo!, called "Candyman" (Caught in the Kid Porn Crusade). The article details some important aspects of incompetence on the goverment's part, including a false claim that all emails and attachments sent to the group were sent to all members of the group. I'm no fan of child porn, but I expect government investigators to be more careful with the facts.
Of course, I probably wouldn't have posted this just because government investigators are ignorant when it comes to computer-based activity - that's almost expected. What I found interesting is how the article documents the government's methods of catching those who shared child pornography. The same tactics are likely to be used when the government decides to go after those who share copyrighted materials. For example, I wouldn't be surprised if government investigators go online claiming to have lost their Rolling Stones collection via hard drive crash, and could people please provide fills. [via Greplaw]