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When has the media ever had a good handle on what "hacking" means and how prevalent it is? Why would someone with the ability to "hack" a large number of gmail
by byerley 13y ago
When has the media ever had a good handle on what "hacking" means and how prevalent it is?
Why would someone with the ability to "hack" a large number of gmail accounts choose nude photos to make their money with? I can't imagine the payoff is comparatively good and large-scale blackmail is a pretty good way to get targeted for prosecution.
Further, aren't these pictures in their email because they were sent to someone? How would the average person distinguish between their account being "hacked" for the purpose of retrieving the picture opposed to the receiver sharing it? It sounds more like the instinctual "my account was hacked!" response to something embarrassing.
- tedunangst 13y agoWhat, you don't email yourself a copy of all your nude selfies for safe keeping? I thought everybody did that. edit to add: wow. From the xojane link it appears that's actually exactly what everybody does. I'm at a loss for words.
- sliverstorm 13y agoTo many people, email is how they move files about.
- tedunangst 13y agoYeah, I know. Done it myself. I was mentally filtering nude selfies out of the set of files I would want to move about. I draw a distinction between "here's a sweet recipe for chicken alfredo, better save this for later" and "here's a picture of me naked, better make a copy in case I need this later", but I guess others don't.