[F147H34D]

Right, but possession of those items do not constitute a violation of law. Whereas, the possession of child exploitation material does. No matter the reasoning.

I would tread lightly crawling the dark web. There are cases where the FBI has admitted to running services on TOR, to collect IP addresses:

https://www.wired.com/2013/09/freedom-hosting-fbi/

[apta]

> Right, but possession of those items do not constitute a violation of law. Whereas, the possession of child exploitation material does. No matter the reasoning.

What about when the FBI/CIA does it? Genuine question.

[monoshift]

No one watches the watchmen.

[JohnFen]

There is a legal exception for legitimate law enforcement activities.