Comments on: California man who "sextorted" over 350 women online is arrested http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 19:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: C W http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1642071 C W Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1642071 "The description here should scare anyone away from allowing any naked images of themselves to be taken in any form." People can do horrible things to you if you give any measure of trust to them at all. The solution is not to never ever trust anyone ever. “The description here should scare anyone away from allowing any naked images of themselves to be taken in any form.”

People can do horrible things to you if you give any measure of trust to them at all. The solution is not to never ever trust anyone ever.

]]> By: lishevita http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1641922 lishevita Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1641922 Apropos: End Revenge Porn http://www.endrevengeporn.com/the-revenge-porn-challenge.html The description here should scare anyone away from allowing any naked images of themselves to be taken in any form. Of course, that wouldn't stop someone from slapping your face onto another body using photoshop. Apropos: End Revenge Porn
http://www.endrevengeporn.com/the-revenge-porn-challenge.html

The description here should scare anyone away from allowing any naked images of themselves to be taken in any form. Of course, that wouldn’t stop someone from slapping your face onto another body using photoshop.

]]> By: P.s. Octochicken http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1641882 P.s. Octochicken Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1641882 So he may be sentenced to 105 years for extortion and distribution of internet pics, but a physical rape case idles for 4 or 5 years? So he may be sentenced to 105 years for extortion and distribution of internet pics, but a physical rape case idles for 4 or 5 years?

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640961 oasisob1 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640961 Note that the FBI spent a year looking at the evidence. "Hey, Agent Johnson! Come check out the evidence on this one!" Note that the FBI spent a year looking at the evidence. “Hey, Agent Johnson! Come check out the evidence on this one!”

]]> By: Hannukah Dreidl http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640899 Hannukah Dreidl Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640899 I'm a mod on OKC, and we see attempts at this at least a dozen times A DAY, most of it so repetitious it's obvious there are groups at work. We delete whatever users flag for us, but even if management IT could block repeat scammers by IP address, it would still happen until potential victims are more aware of the different romance/phishing scam styles. Or... as a society we agree nudie or explicit pics of people are irrelevant to their moral standing and relationships. We are going to have to do something about either censoring ourselves online; or as a society, agreeing intemperate posts and compromising pics have a relevance expiration date, and women's bodies are their own to control as they see fit. Not holding my breath for that change of attitude. I’m a mod on OKC, and we see attempts at this at least a dozen times A DAY, most of it so repetitious it’s obvious there are groups at work. We delete whatever users flag for us, but even if management IT could block repeat scammers by IP address, it would still happen until potential victims are more aware of the different romance/phishing scam styles.

Or… as a society we agree nudie or explicit pics of people are irrelevant to their moral standing and relationships. We are going to have to do something about either censoring ourselves online; or as a society, agreeing intemperate posts and compromising pics have a relevance expiration date, and women’s bodies are their own to control as they see fit. Not holding my breath for that change of attitude.

]]> By: SoItBegins http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640816 SoItBegins Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640816 Problem? > http://images.wikia.com/theregularshow/images/8/80/Troll-face-problem.jpg OK, seriously, though, the guy mentioned in the OP was a total sleaze, and given what he did, I would personally be happy he's been caught. Problem? > http://images.wikia.com/theregularshow/images/8/80/Troll-face-problem.jpg

OK, seriously, though, the guy mentioned in the OP was a total sleaze, and given what he did, I would personally be happy he’s been caught.

]]> By: C W http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640778 C W Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640778 Anybody got one a thems FBI pedophile honeypot links to help out Rider? Anybody got one a thems FBI pedophile honeypot links to help out Rider?

]]> By: C W http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640771 C W Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640771 "Users should have a reasonable expectation of privacy online." And blackmail-publishing their private photographs on their personal facebooks is pretty fucking unreasonable. The guy already had rape charges pending against him from 2008, so he's no stranger to abuse. “Users should have a reasonable expectation of privacy online.”

And blackmail-publishing their private photographs on their personal facebooks is pretty fucking unreasonable. The guy already had rape charges pending against him from 2008, so he’s no stranger to abuse.

]]> By: Rider http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640702 Rider Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640702 Post is nothing without pics. Post is nothing without pics.

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640693 Dean Putney Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640693 I understand that. I think my main point is that that the organizations encouraging whole lives to be online ought to make these risks clearer. Users should have a reasonable expectation of privacy online. But the online part changes the reasonable part pretty dramatically, I think. I understand that. I think my main point is that that the organizations encouraging whole lives to be online ought to make these risks clearer.

Users should have a reasonable expectation of privacy online. But the online part changes the reasonable part pretty dramatically, I think.

]]> By: A Viescas http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640691 A Viescas Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640691 "skirting rather close?" “skirting rather close?”

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640683 angusm Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640683 "Contact by Electronic Communication with Intent to Annoy" is against the law? If word about that gets out, Internet traffic is going to drop to practically nothing. “Contact by Electronic Communication with Intent to Annoy” is against the law?

If word about that gets out, Internet traffic is going to drop to practically nothing.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640679 Brainspore Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640679 Skirting rather close to victim-blaming here. [EDIT: thanks for amending.] Skirting rather close to victim-blaming here.

[EDIT: thanks for amending.]

]]> By: rekoil http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640673 rekoil Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640673 You're thinking of "sexTORSION". You’re thinking of “sexTORSION”.

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640670 Dean Putney Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640670 The Internet has become too "safe". People are comfortable using it, which is great, but that also means they don't take appropriate precautions and trust it too much. It's preposterous to think that if you and put sensitive material online in any capacity without really trying to protect it that it won't be found and abused. Edit: I've been set straight by a friend, and apparently missed the bit about "extorting women into showing him their naked bodies", which embarassingly is kind of the whole point of the post. For shaaaaaame. The Internet has become too “safe”. People are comfortable using it, which is great, but that also means they don’t take appropriate precautions and trust it too much.

It’s preposterous to think that if you and put sensitive material online in any capacity without really trying to protect it that it won’t be found and abused.

Edit: I’ve been set straight by a friend, and apparently missed the bit about “extorting women into showing him their naked bodies”, which embarassingly is kind of the whole point of the post. For shaaaaaame.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/01/29/california-man-who-sextorted.html#comment-1640659 Brainspore Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209411#comment-1640659 I thought "sextortion" was just a really kinky form of yoga. I thought “sextortion” was just a really kinky form of yoga.

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