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Someone stole naked pictures of me. This is what I did about it [video] [NSFW]

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Re: Someone stole naked pictures of me. This is what I did about it [video] [NSFW]

#41

This isn't a case she should be making at all. This is a hacking issue, not any "hatred of women" or anything else she's trying to make it out to be. She's embarrassed and trying to deflect it onto something else. Hacking, yes. Hatred of women and rape issues, no. I'm also having problems with the video showing the very pictures she was so embarrassed about. There is some sort of disconnect there I don't have time to…

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Re: Someone stole naked pictures of me. This is what I did about it [video] [NSFW]

#42
post #31

This isn't a case she should be making at all. This is a hacking issue, not any "hatred of women" or anything else she's trying to make it out to be. She's embarrassed and trying to deflect it onto something else. Hacking, yes. Hatred of women and rape issues, no. I'm also having problems with the video showing the very pictures she was so embarrassed about. There is some sort of disconnect there I don't have time to…

> This is a hacking issue, not any "hatred of women" or anything else she's trying to make it out to be. Exactly; if anything, it's love and attraction to women; male nudes are much less popular online.

Objectification and viewing private photos without consent ≠ Love and Attraction

Re: Someone stole naked pictures of me. This is what I did about it [video] [NSFW]

#44
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If you don't wantto have your car stolen it's common sense to not own a car. If you don't want your money to be stolen it's common sense to be broke. If you don't want your kids to be kidnapped it's common sense to remain childless. If you don't want to be murdered it's common sense to commit suicide. Of course people should be aware of risks and manage them appropriately, but it's also possible to not blame them for…

> If you don't want to be murdered it's common sense to commit suicide. I really dislike this line of thought, because I think it boils the issue down to black and white, all or nothing. "... it's common sense to commit suicide" makes no sense, of course, but how about "... it's common sense not to walk alone at night in a high-crime area"? I don't believe for a second that she "deserved what she got". But I don't th…

It's not that it's bad advice. It's that it's not a good response in this case, because it sounds like blaming the victim, which is unfortunately all too common.

There's a time and place for such advice, and this isn't it, in my opinion.

Re: Someone stole naked pictures of me. This is what I did about it [video] [NSFW]

#45

I made it up to "this were all men" and "this isn't about me, it's about hatred of women" and I remorselessly closed the window as if I stepped into a quarrel that is none of my business. In my universe there is no such thing as "hatred of women" and the psychopathic misogynists are like UFOs. I keep hearing about them but I have never seen any.

dstoyanov, a few comments down, is not a bad example of them.

No. It's the most common and primitive reaction to a preventable problem. Bike stolen? Don't leave it in a bad spot. Mugged? Don't walk through back alleys. Server hacked? Don't listen on all ports. Email? Bad password + reuse.

If you've never been on the receiving end of a similar comment you don't know how irritating and unhelpful it is. It's not malice or hatred .. it's a lack of a different perspective and information.

Re: Someone stole naked pictures of me. This is what I did about it [video] [NSFW]

#46

This isn't a case she should be making at all. This is a hacking issue, not any "hatred of women" or anything else she's trying to make it out to be. She's embarrassed and trying to deflect it onto something else. Hacking, yes. Hatred of women and rape issues, no. I'm also having problems with the video showing the very pictures she was so embarrassed about. There is some sort of disconnect there I don't have time to…

There's no disconnect.

Consent: no violation.

No consent: violation.

Re: Someone stole naked pictures of me. This is what I did about it [video] [NSFW]

#49
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"There is no hatred of women" is like saying "There is no hatred of [insert other group here]" If you want to find them, look for the individuals who repeatedly post derogatory comments and hateful comments under any post made by a female.

I'm not exaggerating here for the sake of the argument but I really don't find derogatory comments toward women in my daily routine reading. I read HN, reddit, tech magazines, blogs, regular newspapers (many local) and most of them have little to none censoring and people say harsh things towards other persons (stars, VIPs, judges, lawyers, cops, politicians for example). I admit I don't read magazines and blogs targ…

The woman in the video didn't say she encountered misogyny on tech blogs or local newspapers, she had her photos posted to revenge porn sites. If you're not familiar with what she's talking about, great, but that's no grounds to claim it doesn't exist.

Re: Someone stole naked pictures of me. This is what I did about it [video] [NSFW]

#50

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What universe is that? One where all the foaming-at-the-mouth misogynists trolls have had their Internet license of abusing people protected by long distance and anonymity revoked? The fact that you "keep hearing about them" should give you a hint. Women who come to the attention of a subsection of Internet trolls do find themselves harassed online (death threats, rape threats, etc.). See Gamergate or Adria Richards…

It's a more sane universe than yours it seems. And I'm going to keep it that way by excluding people like you from it if you can't tone down your aggresivity. I don't know what Gamergate is nor do I know Adria Richards and I don't intend to know all the victims in this world. /ignored

You'll have noticed that most of my vitriol was directed toward the aforementioned trolls. But the snark was unwarranted.

> I don't know what Gamergate is nor do I know Adria Richards and I don't intend to know all the victims in this world.

Are you both claiming that these things do not happen, and refusing information about them? That's a dishonest way of conducting a discussion.

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