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Another story about Lena Forsén, the woman who consented to selling naked images of herself, but now is being touted around for not consenting to a bunch of ner
by Minor49er 5y ago
Another story about Lena Forsén, the woman who consented to selling naked images of herself, but now is being touted around for not consenting to a bunch of nerds using a version of the image that she had sold and doesn't own, which crops out everything but her face. As far as I know, this image isn't even regularly used in most new compression tests anymore. But she's still getting brought up as if she's some kind of victim. So can data die? Apparently not as long as there's false victimhood to be sold. At least the presentation of the page is nice.
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y agoDidn’t she show up at some IEEE show? From what I understand, her career (non-tech, and non-modeling) didn’t suffer from her stint as a Playboy model (I have no idea if it helped, either). Europeans have different ways of looking at sexuality than Americans or British. Not necessarily always a good thing. I know that at least one porn star was elected to the Italian Parliament, and that “flashing” was a fairly standard part of her stump speech.
- WalterGR 5y agoVictimhood? I didn't get any of that from the page. The "consent" the page is talking about is her belief that the image should be retired from tech work since it's a crop of a nude image from Playboy.
- Minor49er 5y agoShe's very clearly described as the victim of what the article calls "data exploitation". I'm not sure how you could read this article and miss that. I also understand what the consent is referring to, which I've already addressed: she had consented to the sale of the image. And I also already noted that the image is not typically used in showcasing modern compression algorithms.