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An Australian child rights activist and a Queensland cyber-law professor allege that encryption tools contained in Windows 7 could prove a boon to child pornographers and other criminals by making it easier to hide electronic evidence.

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Researchers at Edith Cowan University in Perth and Western Australia law enforcement have developed a 'breathalyzer' for laptops, a self-contained software package that can scan a hard drive for contraband without altering the disk's data.

The goal is to make it easier for 'front line' officers with little computer training to conduct a forensically-sound scan of computers for child pornography. Roll-out is planned for the spring of 2009.

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Brief Summary:

Defendant who was convicted of possessing child pornography challenged reasonableness of airport search that revealed child pornography on computer diskettes. Defendant also challenged the government's reliance on the fruits of the airport search as partial support for a search warrant five years later that resulted in the discovery of additional child pornography. Finally, Defendant argued government failed to show that he "willfully" downloaded child pornography.

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