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Police agencies, originally trained for physical evidence and territorial jurisdiction, now face the challenge of investigating “torrent work”—the systematic monitoring, analysis, and disruption of BitTorrent swarms. This paper asks: How do police organizations operationalize the investigation of contraband distributed via BitTorrent? What technical, legal, and ethical constraints shape this work?
Contraband refers to goods that are prohibited by law from being imported or exported, often due to reasons like customs regulations, health and safety, or because they infringe on intellectual property rights. contraband police torrent work
United States v. Vosburg, 82 F.4th 892 (9th Cir. 2024). health and safety
