Cracks me up when people that don ' t really get it say You wear a helmet right ? Even the street rossi in full track gear doesn ' t stand a chance when you go down at 100 you ' re dead if you hit anything . <| sep |> No they don ' t , they have to present some evidence that you may have visited such sites . The IP will link it to you , or a member of your family in the same house , moreso now that ISPs are required to keep accurate listings of who had which IP and when . The prosecution will pick the most likely looking person and throw the book at them , and then prosecute the other people in the house for collusion . That your history , as recorded by the ISP , has many such downloads and site visits is just extra evidence that you are a hardened criminal , and that the others in your house couldn ' t avoid knowing what you ' re up to . None if this is about what ' s true , it ' s only about what can be presented as evidence , and your apparent visits to dodgy sites is evidence . Bear in mind that schoolboys have been prosecuted as bombmaking terrorists for visiting chemistry websites that show interesting explosions . Never underestimate the will of a lawyer to get a conviction , their wealth depends on it , and they really like their wealth .