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isn't this what porn is for? so you can look at images of people's naked bodies that have agreed to publish themselves naked?

 

why does everyone feel the need to go look at private images of a person that were meant be kept private? in the end it's more tits and fanny. which you've all seen. and could see a million times again by looking at photos onilne that are being shared willingly.

 

if this was someone you cared for, whose images had been stolen and/or were being unwillingly shared, would you not want people to just not click on the links, and not share the photos further?

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isn't this what porn is for? so you can look at images of people's naked bodies that have agreed to publish themselves naked?

 

why does everyone feel the need to go look at private images of a person that were meant be kept private? in the end it's more tits and fanny. which you've all seen. and could see a million times again by looking at photos onilne that are being shared willingly.

 

if this was someone you cared for, whose images had been stolen and/or were being unwillingly shared, would you not want people to just not click on the links, and not share the photos further?

What's your cloud password LGIR?

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isn't this what porn is for? so you can look at images of people's naked bodies that have agreed to publish themselves naked?

 

why does everyone feel the need to go look at private images of a person that were meant be kept private? in the end it's more tits and fanny. which you've all seen. and could see a million times again by looking at photos onilne that are being shared willingly.

 

if this was someone you cared for, whose images had been stolen and/or were being unwillingly shared, would you not want people to just not click on the links, and not share the photos further?

 

Ok but why would we want Ronaldo or Messi at AFC when we have McGinn and Rooney ? Because we want what we can't have… And when we're given a glimpse of something we can't have, we can't help but want it more. qv Shinnie

 

The real point here is that nothing is "private" anymore. If any of us ran for politics, or became famous we'd be fucked with that slightly dubious post on AFC Chat, that borderline racist tweet, or that questionable selfie on Facebook. In a world that's become more interconnected we've actually become even more obsessed with everybody else's business, because for the most part, it appears far more interesting than our own.

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Ok but why would we want Ronaldo or Messi at AFC when we have McGinn and Rooney ? Because we want what we can't have… And when we're given a glimpse of something we can't have, we can't help but want it more. qv Shinnie

 

The real point here is that nothing is "private" anymore. If any of us ran for politics, or became famous we'd be fucked with that slightly dubious post on AFC Chat, that borderline racist tweet, or that questionable selfie on Facebook. In a world that's become more interconnected we've actually become even more obsessed with everybody else's business, because for the most part, it appears far more interesting than our own.

Messi and Rooney play in different positions. Ridiculous comparison.

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Ok but why would we want Ronaldo or Messi at AFC when we have McGinn and Rooney ? Because we want what we can't have… And when we're given a glimpse of something we can't have, we can't help but want it more. qv Shinnie

 

The real point here is that nothing is "private" anymore. If any of us ran for politics, or became famous we'd be fucked with that slightly dubious post on AFC Chat, that borderline racist tweet, or that questionable selfie on Facebook. In a world that's become more interconnected we've actually become even more obsessed with everybody else's business, because for the most part, it appears far more interesting than our own.

 

i'd agree with you that if one of the us were to run for politics, all those dubious posts, borderline tweets and questionable FB selfies would be subject to the public's viewing. but those things were all public to a degree to begin with. these photos weren't.

 

i would think more to the point is that these photos were stolen. not leaked. not unwittingly distributed. but stolen.

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i'd agree with you that if one of the us were to run for politics, all those dubious posts, borderline tweets and questionable FB selfies would be subject to the public's viewing. but those things were all public to a degree to begin with. these photos weren't.

 

i would think more to the point is that these photos were stolen. not leaked. not unwittingly distributed. but stolen.

 

I don't disagree with you, and I am debating for the sake of it…. But as soon as you post something online or upload to a cloud or whatever, you cease to control the "ownership" of whatever you upload. All those selfies, whatever data, it's not "yours" anymore. The fact that someone might steal them is now heightened because you decided to transmit them digitally somewhere else. Like keeping your front door open at night - you lose responsibility and your own accountability for your actions if you leave yourself more susceptible to other people's actions. Now we'd all love it if everyone were honest upstanding human beings but we clearly know that that's not the case. The question is now, will people still happily take potentially compromising pics of themselves and upload them or will they question how they act online a little more in future ?

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I reckon this "scandal" is just self-promotion for the women involved, like a saucy version of the "ice bucket challenge".

 

self-promotion? i know the saying "any publicity is good publicity" when it comes to celebrities, but i imagine if this were strictly a case of self-promotion, the photos could have been a lot "less" (limited to topless or alluding to various parts being naked, and not the full-on naked fanny shots) and achieved some/similar notoriety.

 

for whatever reason, i get the feeling you'd believe the kind of woman who would take these kinds of pictures had it coming to her anyway though. and if she hadn't taken the pictures, there'd be nothing to steal? but hopefully i'm wrong.

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self-promotion? i know the saying "any publicity is good publicity" when it comes to celebrities, but i imagine if this were strictly a case of self-promotion, the photos could have been a lot "less" (limited to topless or alluding to various parts being naked, and not the full-on naked fanny shots) and achieved some/similar notoriety.

 

I am only speculating with my 'self-promotion' idea but - if im right - I dont think they would limit the photos to more modest ones.

 

Several women have purposely built fame / careers off the back of "sex tapes" which were deliberately released to the public, although with pretty transparent claims of accident or theft being responsible.

 

Ironically Kim Kadarshian - one of those allegedly involved here - is also one of the most infamous sex tape makers.

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I don't disagree with you, and I am debating for the sake of it…. But as soon as you post something online or upload to a cloud or whatever, you cease to control the "ownership" of whatever you upload. All those selfies, whatever data, it's not "yours" anymore. The fact that someone might steal them is now heightened because you decided to transmit them digitally somewhere else. Like keeping your front door open at night - you lose responsibility and your own accountability for your actions if you leave yourself more susceptible to other people's actions. Now we'd all love it if everyone were honest upstanding human beings but we clearly know that that's not the case. The question is now, will people still happily take potentially compromising pics of themselves and upload them or will they question how they act online a little more in future ?

 

all right then. for the sake of argument.

 

while the photos may have been posted or transmitted digitally, they're still private information and a person has a reasonable expectation to the security of their private information.

 

if this were your personal banking information, would you be so blasé about its theft and misuse? no of course not. you'd expect the police/financial institution to protect your information appropriately. but somehow because this is photos of women's naked bodies, it's seen as less important overall by some. it's still theft.

 

to answer your last question, if your personal banking information has ever been stolen, have you stopped banking online?

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Lgir, I guess a fair bit of the interest comes from these woman selling themself in part by sexual image. Airbrushed up, wearing next to nothing.

 

Not trying to say they deserve private images to be stolen, but just they live and build the world of celebrity to the point people want to see and know everything about them.

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Lgir, I guess a fair bit of the interest comes from these woman selling themself in part by sexual image. Airbrushed up, wearing next to nothing.

 

Not trying to say they deserve private images to be stolen, but just they live and build the world of celebrity to the point people want to see and know everything about them.

 

i appreciate what you're saying, except by the inclusion of that "but", it comes across to me as that's exactly what you are saying. that they've somehow brought this on by titillating the public with images of themselves, such that someone can't help but want more.

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i appreciate what you're saying, except by the inclusion of that "but", it comes across to me as that's exactly what you are saying. that they've somehow brought this on by titillating the public with images of themselves, such that someone can't help but want more.

Exactly. Now about that cloud password of yours that I asked for earlier.

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Not Apples fault, but people using easy passwords apparently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29039294

 

Problem is though that unless you set it up not to these days, all your photos from your phone end up being copied or backed up to a cloud automatically. At some point all my photos from my phone ended up on my ipad and Mac without me doing anything that told me that was going to happen. No doubt I pressed an Accept option during some update that would have told me this is what will happen somewhere in the small print that I couldn't be arsed reading.

 

We are told to have complex passwords and use different passwords for each login, but does anyone really do that? Until services use a password system that doesn't just depend on text input then security breaches will continue to happen.

 

Best option is still to turn off all cloud settings on every device you have and make sure you backup your own stuff where you know it will be safe.

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