Back in 1998, when I was much less 'net savvy' (and much more naive), one of the web sites I frequent had "kiddie porn" posted to it. It was of "Little Miss Nude" contest entrants, three of them. Two were little girls of 5-7, the oldest must have been 12 or so, and she had developing breasts and pubic hair. The guy who posted the link and jpg was highly indignant over the whole thing, as the web site was purportedly the online diary of one of the contestant's mother. "How can parents do something this vile to their child?" we all wondered, and we all ran over to the diary to get the info to send to the authorities. I went, confirmed, and contacted the FBI with the web site's address(actually, it's US customs that handles child porn, but I didn't know that at the time).
About an hour or so after the initial post, another person posted a warning : Do NOT go to that website! It's a "honey pot" meant to give the authorities the ISPs of kiddie porn enthusiasts. The poster strongly hinted that s/he is affiliated with law enforcement, and knew this from personal experience....FWIW.
I wonder if the people arrested on federal charges, and their invariable child porn, all have the exact same jpgs found on their hard drives? If it is federal agents sending the exact same images to hard drives over and over again, how would jurors know, as the cases would all be in different cities and states?
Just as you can believe that all those 20-something blondes with big boobs are just waiting around in chat rooms, eh?