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Frankly, any photo or video on digital media is just a tiny little step away from being irreversibly published to the internet. People should never make photos

by Kenji 10y ago

Frankly, any photo or video on digital media is just a tiny little step away from being irreversibly published to the internet. People should never make photos or videos of that kind if they don't want it to be public.

pooper 10y ago
> Frankly, any photo or video on digital media is just a tiny little step away from being irreversibly published to the internet. People should never make photos or videos of that kind if they don't want it to be public. Alternatively, a photo of me in my nude being public should not mean that I am unfit for public office. Nobody would ban Jennifer Lawrence or Kate Upton if they wanted to be a teacher. Why should we fire our school teachers for sending nudes? Why should we refuse to hire people who have made sex tapes from teaching? All this "think of the children" hysteria is pretty stupid.
- throwaway7767 10y ago
  Of course it shouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately humans are still humans, and judgemental attitudes abound. Hence the advice. As an example, right now the pirate party in Iceland is being smeared with a picture the press found of one of their high-profile candidates of him shooting guns in Afghanistan. He was there doing charity work and they shot off some rounds one day in their off time. I'm still not sure what message is being sent by reposting this picture, but it seems to be working to some extent - I just overheard coworkers talking about "that gun nut running for the pirates".
- curun1r 10y ago
  There's a reason why they're targeting people of specific religious backgrounds. Religion has the ability to take garden variety embarrassment and passing judgments and turn them into suicidal embarrassment and public stonings, scarlet letters and the like. Obviously, the scammers doing this kind of crap are horrible excuses for human beings, but the organized religions of the world deserve some of the credit for creating such fucked up environments where scams of this sort can work so effectively.
  - pessimizer 10y ago
    They're also targeting prominent political conservatives like Ron Sandack, loudmouth State Rep. from Illinois. If you're one of the likely members of the lynch mob who would attack someone who has fallen for this scam, you're a likely target for this scam.
- hnal943 10y ago
  Really? I think it speaks poorly of the judgment of the person involved. I want the teachers of my children to have good judgment, so I think it's relevant.
  - pooper 10y ago
    > I think it speaks poorly of the judgment of the person involved. I want the teachers of my children to have good judgment, so I think it's relevant. I think if we all had the good judgment of not having sex ever we would do much better for our children by stopping producing children in a world where we think a naked human body -- even one in the privacy of one's own bedroom -- is somehow shameful or an indicator of poor judgment. Here's a question for you: assuming you have children, would you prohibit Jennifer Lawrence from going near your children? How about McKayla Maroney? Why is there a double standard here?
gadders 10y ago
I never understood why people use their own genitalia. Just google for a plausible looking pic and send that. Even choose a nicer one if you like. By the time you are in the throws of passion I would think it unlikely someone would query it.
- Kenji 10y ago
  I would never request such explicit pictures from anyone but I would consider it a huge abuse of trust if I found out someone used wrong pictures claiming they're theirs, and that would be the end of that relationship.
  - hnal943 10y ago
    I'm with you. But isn't it possible that the type of person that wants nudes also wouldn't be too bothered if you sent them fakes?
  - gadders 10y ago
    Seriously? You'd be like "Oh my god! Your [boobs|penis|whatever] look nothing like the picture you sent me! We're over!!" I can't honestly think I'd care.
MichaelGG 10y ago
I'm sort of surprised Google and Apple don't have a "private mode" camera option. Some way to mark a photo or the next X minutes, and those photos won't show up in the default camera roll. Maybe they trigger a second dialog before sharing. Just to try to minimise accidents.
- ryuker16 10y ago
  Jpegs and most video formats aren't executable

by Kenji 10y ago

pooper 10y ago

> Frankly, any photo or video on digital media is just a tiny little step away from being irreversibly published to the internet. People should never make photos or videos of that kind if they don't want it to be public. Alternatively, a photo of me in my nude being public should not mean that I am unfit for public office. Nobody would ban Jennifer Lawrence or Kate Upton if they wanted to be a teacher. Why should we fire our school teachers for sending nudes? Why should we refuse to hire people who have made sex tapes from teaching? All this "think of the children" hysteria is pretty stupid.

throwaway7767 10y ago
Of course it shouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately humans are still humans, and judgemental attitudes abound. Hence the advice. As an example, right now the pirate party in Iceland is being smeared with a picture the press found of one of their high-profile candidates of him shooting guns in Afghanistan. He was there doing charity work and they shot off some rounds one day in their off time. I'm still not sure what message is being sent by reposting this picture, but it seems to be working to some extent - I just overheard coworkers talking about "that gun nut running for the pirates".
curun1r 10y ago
There's a reason why they're targeting people of specific religious backgrounds. Religion has the ability to take garden variety embarrassment and passing judgments and turn them into suicidal embarrassment and public stonings, scarlet letters and the like. Obviously, the scammers doing this kind of crap are horrible excuses for human beings, but the organized religions of the world deserve some of the credit for creating such fucked up environments where scams of this sort can work so effectively.
- pessimizer 10y ago
  They're also targeting prominent political conservatives like Ron Sandack, loudmouth State Rep. from Illinois. If you're one of the likely members of the lynch mob who would attack someone who has fallen for this scam, you're a likely target for this scam.
hnal943 10y ago
Really? I think it speaks poorly of the judgment of the person involved. I want the teachers of my children to have good judgment, so I think it's relevant.
- pooper 10y ago
  > I think it speaks poorly of the judgment of the person involved. I want the teachers of my children to have good judgment, so I think it's relevant. I think if we all had the good judgment of not having sex ever we would do much better for our children by stopping producing children in a world where we think a naked human body -- even one in the privacy of one's own bedroom -- is somehow shameful or an indicator of poor judgment. Here's a question for you: assuming you have children, would you prohibit Jennifer Lawrence from going near your children? How about McKayla Maroney? Why is there a double standard here?

gadders 10y ago

I never understood why people use their own genitalia. Just google for a plausible looking pic and send that. Even choose a nicer one if you like. By the time you are in the throws of passion I would think it unlikely someone would query it.

Kenji 10y ago
I would never request such explicit pictures from anyone but I would consider it a huge abuse of trust if I found out someone used wrong pictures claiming they're theirs, and that would be the end of that relationship.
- hnal943 10y ago
  I'm with you. But isn't it possible that the type of person that wants nudes also wouldn't be too bothered if you sent them fakes?
- gadders 10y ago
  Seriously? You'd be like "Oh my god! Your [boobs|penis|whatever] look nothing like the picture you sent me! We're over!!" I can't honestly think I'd care.

MichaelGG 10y ago

I'm sort of surprised Google and Apple don't have a "private mode" camera option. Some way to mark a photo or the next X minutes, and those photos won't show up in the default camera roll. Maybe they trigger a second dialog before sharing. Just to try to minimise accidents.

ryuker16 10y ago
Jpegs and most video formats aren't executable