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One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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How was Gary Jones hacking those e-mail accounts? How was Black Lotus blocking assets (pages, images) on Moore's website? And why was a security company he hired(?) working against him?

Answer to the last question is: probably because he was crminal and an asshole and tech people tend to be disagreeable with that. Paying customer or not. We are not lawyers.

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post #10

A somewhat related note is that America's culture of sex-negativity, shame and general hysteria around nudity is a required prerequisite for this type of bullying and abuse. Look at the following paragraph: > Jill became hysterical, repeating, "Oh, my God. No. Oh, my God. No." This is, obviously, the reaction of someone who fears repercussions from others. And this is for completely harmless acts (taking nude photos)…

Perv: "I've seen you naked." Response in sane culture: "Nobody cares. Grow up and find something useful to be excited about."

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I emailed the site owner, Hunter Moore, and asked him to take down the photo in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. He refused. Would it be to much trouble for these people to learn how to use the DMCA properly? Obviously he is not going to turn his own web site off.

I'm pretty familiar with the DMCA and I'm not 100% sure that I could keep it straight with the prospect of my personal and professional reputation crashing down around me because of some jackass illegally cracking into an account I owned and blasting out personal data.

Sadly, we're all having to become lawyers now.

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I have one weird reservation - her daughter is/was 24, but doesn't seem to have been involved a whole lot? Or maybe it's just written that way on purpose?

Maybe it's just me, but leaving someone to mope seems a little like you're treating them as more a child than an adult.

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post #6

I emailed the site owner, Hunter Moore, and asked him to take down the photo in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. He refused. Would it be to much trouble for these people to learn how to use the DMCA properly? Obviously he is not going to turn his own web site off.

Since we're obviously talking about a very determined scumbag, it'd be too easy to just host outside the US. Copyright law often does apply in this kind of situation, but it's still not a great solution. Need more attention to privacy rights.

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post #10

A somewhat related note is that America's culture of sex-negativity, shame and general hysteria around nudity is a required prerequisite for this type of bullying and abuse. Look at the following paragraph: > Jill became hysterical, repeating, "Oh, my God. No. Oh, my God. No." This is, obviously, the reaction of someone who fears repercussions from others. And this is for completely harmless acts (taking nude photos)…

Perv: "I've seen you naked." Response in sane culture: "Nobody cares. Grow up and find something useful to be excited about."

Presumably both of you will now go ahead and post naked pictures of yourself since you don't care if anyone sees them?

Perhaps follow up with bank and medical records?

Or do you feel that privacy only applies to things other than nudity?

Oh and I'm sure you wouldn't mind hundreds of people contacting you and your employer and calling you all sorts of names.

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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post #10

A somewhat related note is that America's culture of sex-negativity, shame and general hysteria around nudity is a required prerequisite for this type of bullying and abuse. Look at the following paragraph: > Jill became hysterical, repeating, "Oh, my God. No. Oh, my God. No." This is, obviously, the reaction of someone who fears repercussions from others. And this is for completely harmless acts (taking nude photos)…

So would you say that Hunter Moore is really a hero? Helping us all get over our hang ups wether we like it or not?

Re: One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet

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I have one weird reservation - her daughter is/was 24, but doesn't seem to have been involved a whole lot? Or maybe it's just written that way on purpose? Maybe it's just me, but leaving someone to mope seems a little like you're treating them as more a child than an adult.

The author claimed to have been a private eye in the 80s, and presumably knew how to investigate with some degree of success. It's not clear how much experience, capacity or energy her victimized daughter had in this time of great distress.
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