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by bigyellow 1665 days ago
> Look, face it, some people like taking nude photos of themselves and they like sharing them with their partners. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this.

It doesn't have to be "wrong" for it to be stupid, and trusting your private life to a device you literally do not own is. This isn't victim blaming, this is recognizing the fallacious logic that most people have when approaching this subject. Call it tech illiteracy if you want to be nice, but I'll just call it "dumb".
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hef19898 1665 days ago
Well, previously it was digital cameras and your PC. Smart phones replaced both for a lot of people.
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standardUser 1665 days ago
I imagine a lot of people sharing nude photos don't especially mind if they become public (I personally don't, I've had many partners who don't fear this). So they aren't "dumb" for taking a risk they are comfortable with. Nor are they dumb to expect the criminals to pay if they do become a victim. Both things can be true without anyone needing to be "dumb" as you seem so desperate to assume.
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bigyellow 1664 days ago
> So they aren't "dumb" for taking a risk they are comfortable with.

They are dumb, precisely because the risk is unquantifiable to them until realized, then it's too late to act.

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