After looking over and reading everything,
Anyone who finds "fun" and excitement out of wasting everyone's time, patience and privacy to hack and steal nude photos of whoever for sleazy money they won't even really get legit then I guess...
After looking over and reading everything,
Anyone who finds "fun" and excitement out of wasting everyone's time, patience and privacy to hack and steal nude photos of whoever for sleazy money they won't even really get legit then I guess...
for money? Money didn't really come into it until it all started to fall apart (if this story is true). It's a bunch of people who were all trading stolen shit with each other. As for the big mystery of WHO would do something like this... uh... have you ever been around an adolescent male? Before the internet, there was the common "boys will be boys" line concerning how desperate they were to see some skin. Be it stealing porn or hiding somewhere private to catch a peek. Now, we have the internet and people really don't understand some basic security. It makes getting your hands on private data much easier and the risk of getting caught during the act much harder.
I'm in no way excusing this shit, but I just don't see it as OMG SO SHOCKING.
I'd love for Apple to take quite a hit on this and for it to prompt companies to elevate their security practices. I'd love for individuals to advance their understanding of security a bit... even if it is just "don't put anything on internet attached devices that you aren't ok making public"
The fact that money even came into this at all is hilarious bullshit, that's why it's "shocking" to me.
My initial post here hasn't changed my opinions, facepalms given and all, about having sympathy and not having sympathy for the ones effected. However, the fact idiots are going to these levels and extremes is just so out there and laughably pathetic for what they do in their real lives that this online "makes up for it" or some shit. I'm sure this gives purpose or enjoyment to some but they're just photos and nothing fantastic to covet and swap like fucking trading cards. ("I'll trade you a folder of my Mary Elizabeth Winstead for your files of Vanessa Hudgens!")