There was recently an article about this.
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How young staff are hired to review web sites and pages - hundreds and hundreds of them, often with horribly disgusting content.
Workers at Telecommunications On Demand, who make $8 to $12 an hour, view photos that have been stripped of information about the users who posted them. Rapidly cycling through pages of 300 images each, they are asked to flag material that is obviously pornographic or violent, illegal in a certain country or deemed inappropriate by a specific Web site.
Last month, an industry group established by Congress recommended that the federal government provide financial incentives for companies to “address the psychological impact on employees of exposure to these disturbing images.”
No replies here in a long time so maybe nobody is listening anymore. Anyway I worked forensics for a few years and I've been out for just as many. I had nightmares for a while and some images are never going to leave. Yeah my sense of humor has gotten a bit dark for most now and at times I tend to say the wrong thing in civilized company. I kept going because we did good work and put some real monsters away but then one day one of the monsters was set free by a piece of work attorney that showed the search authority didn't have all the "I"s dotted or some other lame excuse. I mean during the trial the monster fully admitted to doing what he did and even bragged about how cleaver he was going about it. To make matter worse he asked through his attorney for the return of all his computer and video equipment. I lost it and finally quit. I'm left with a lot of scars because some of the monsters still haunt but If most of the monster are still locked up then it was worth it.
Hi Guys,
I know its an old post but I am nearing my end in university and always wanted to work for LE thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread I enjoy learning off people who have been there and done it.
My course has become more open with the darker side of CF over last 3 months as lectures know we have a chance of seeing this in industry.
But even after reading this it still hasn't put me off wanting to go into this field as I believe you have to look at the bigger picture and look past what has appeared on your monitor
But even after reading this it still hasn't put me off wanting to go into this field as I believe you have to look at the bigger picture and look past what has appeared on your monitor
Which is a good thing ) , as it's a dirty job, but someone gotta do it, wink
What you will learn in due time (not necessarily related to this specific topic) is that what has been seen cannot be unseen, what piles up after years in a profession, whatever profession it is, is not only "experience".
It is well possible that one day you will feel that enough is enough and that you simply cannot bear anymore of the sh*t you have to deal with, no matter if it is something really disturbing such as dealing with CP/IIOC as a digital investigator or (say) curing cavities as a dentist.
jaclaz
Just been offered my first digital forensics role - I will have to report back on my coping strategies.
What is the best place for someone to get into this type of forensics? I finished my degree 3 years ago, and have been doing incident response and forensics but when I was going to school this was the type I wanted to get into. It seems almost impossible to find private organizations that do this type of work. I am former military and would love to be a cop and do this type of work, however I am not willing to eat a 65% pay cut to be a cop.
I live about an hour away from the NMEC in Vienna, VA and have thought about looking for work there, but they are so cryptic about what they actually do- I don't know if it's what I am looking for. Does anyone know how to get into this line of work without being law enforcement? The OP made it sound like he wasn't in LE.
What is the best place for someone to get into this type of forensics? I finished my degree 3 years ago, and have been doing incident response and forensics but when I was going to school this was the type I wanted to get into. It seems almost impossible to find private organizations that do this type of work. I am former military and would love to be a cop and do this type of work, however I am not willing to eat a 65% pay cut to be a cop.
I live about an hour away from the NMEC in Vienna, VA and have thought about looking for work there, but they are so cryptic about what they actually do- I don't know if it's what I am looking for. Does anyone know how to get into this line of work without being law enforcement? The OP made it sound like he wasn't in LE.
Well, in the USA (and AFAIK in most countries) it is a criminal offence even if a non-LE, by pure chance, happens to find IIOC/CP during examination of a "private" case evidence and doesn't
- Stop IMMEDIATELY to examine further the evidence
- Report IMMEDIATELY to the appropriate Authority
- Provide ALL COPIES of the evidence to the LE guys
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See
http//www.forensicfocus.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=1431/
jaclaz