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

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Can you please explain what any of those has anything to do with showing nudity and sex on daytime TV?

Can you please explain why not showing boobies on TV is a sign of "cultural degradation" and all the other insults that michaelochurch was flinging around but (e.g.) murdering 80 or so million people is not?

I think the problem is just that your view does not pander to the naïveté about Europe and the, mostly, ironic low esteem America is in around here.

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

#133

The story kind of jumps around and I read it in parts, but I'm confused about the outcome. He basically went into hiding and suffered no consequences? What worries me more deeply is how society provides people like Moore with the ammunition they need to terrorize women. One victim complained that she would lose her children over the nude pictures. Even if they were actually of her, why does someone have to fear the g…

Well, I agree the narrative s a bit hard to follow. I doubt anyone will lose ther kids because of that ... That is a very hard thing to do in the US. You essentially need categorical evidence if being a crackhead and even then ...

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

#134

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Can you please explain what any of those has anything to do with showing nudity and sex on daytime TV?

Can you please explain why not showing boobies on TV is a sign of "cultural degradation" and all the other insults that michaelochurch was flinging around but (e.g.) murdering 80 or so million people is not?

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

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Absolutely spot on. I have no sympathy for the villain, but this story sums up modern America: 1. A prudish culture in which women are fired for the slightest revealing photo. 2. A litigious culture in which courts and police are heavily relied on to solve disputes. 3. An infantilized youth remaining under the wings of their parents long after reaching adulthood. 4. A burgeoning labyrinth of overly-specific laws bein…

Eh this is anti-American jibber jabber. Where is this fantastic enlightened country of which you speak? So you mean to say in the UK, Norway, or whatever mythical country you are implying about, no women there would be upset to have people surreptitiously posting nude pictures of them? I call shenanigans on this and all the other nonsense anti-American rants.

Stronger labour laws in many european countries would prevent most people from getting fired for having nude pictures of themselves published on the Internet as it wouldn't be seen as a valid cause for being fired. A few european countries has criminal laws against shaming. But yeah, it would still suck for the people involved.

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

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post #99

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You're so cyberpunk! You think the world wouldn't react to an assassination market? You think the internet wouldn't be changed to disallow such a thing? Think again.

No, I don't think anyone will be able to stop the proliferation of anonymous networks and currencies. I think there will be negatives in that world too. The whole thing is too big for me to even reflect on. I'm not a cyberpunk.

Certainly not that fact that they are unstable and large institutions with real money would not back them?

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

#137
The case against Hunter Moore makes me uncomfortable.

Consider a very similar hypothetical site, is-anyone-up-for-busting-corruption.com. Much like isanyoneup.com, this site also posts media of people engaging in actions they do not wish to be seen engaged in. When media is posted, it is accompanied by contact information for the employers of the people involved, and the desire is expressed for those people to be fired and their lives ruined.

I can't say I like the precedent the attacks on Hunter Moore are setting, even if he is a great big jerk.

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

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post #95

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EFI partition, BIOS, other nonvolatile system memory? If it gets root level access it can hide anywhere there are a few KB. Even less than that will do if you're just putting a hook to instruct the computer to re-download the virus if it is detected that it has been removed.

wow... so there's no way to clean it? the only option is to junk the hardware?

Well, even if you cleaned some of the storage areas devindotcom mentions… How would you know you didn't miss any other area?

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

#139

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Many of the photos were photoshopped.

Yes, but I'm not a fan of the innocent/'guilty' dynamic here. No woman deserves that, whether or not the photo in question has been photoshopped.

I communicated poorly - my fault as I never meant to imply that!

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

#140
post #17

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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.

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

Don't get your hopes up. Everyone has a lot to say on this topic and why 'Our culture is bad. Everyone should grow up - having your nudes online is not a big deal', but they'll never deliver themselves.

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