Posting pictures of ex-lovers, wives, and husbands online has been something of a “thing” for a while now. More than one website has made headlines by curating and posting nude photos. Thanks to difficulty in crafting legislation, revenge porn is not illegal, nor are we unequivocally claiming it should be. The lesson here is you better be DAMN careful who you share naked pictures with. It could ruin your life.
Here’s how.
People Will Blame You
Consider that almost everyone on the planet has a smartphone with a built-in camera. Even if you think you’re snapping nude selfies in the privacy of your home for no one else to see, those images are sitting out there in an email account
in cyberspace somewhere, practically begging to be hacked. And when you show up online in your birthday suit, no matter the nefarious intentions of the person who posted them, guess who will be seen as at fault? You! Fair? Not hardly. Gonna happen? Yep.
Worse than Photo Sharing
Some exes have no concept of where the line is. They’ll create fake profiles using their former flame’s nude pics, real name and address, then contact any random online weirdo and invite them over for tea. If this sounds like a really bad and dangerous idea, you’re not the only one.
Not Illegal
If the person in question was at least 18-years-old when the pictures were taken, guess what? There’s not much the law can or will do to help. Not unless the issue turns violent or transgresses into other incidents. In and of itself, when a consenting adult either takes pictures or allows pictures to be taken, all bets are off. If you willingly send photos to someone, you are completely out of luck when it comes to legal recourse. If someone hacked your email account without permission, you might have a leg to stand on in front of the court.
Regardless, once nude photos are online, there’s a good chance they will be there forever, reproduced and digitally stored on servers the world over, multiplying exponentially as strangers share with friends and strangers. Just what you’d want a potential employer to find, right? This precise scenario is what has driven some people to legally change their identity.
All we’re saying is – think! (Image: Flickr | Sara Lafleur-Vetter)
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Derek and the Swank Life Team
