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>> T: And I’m Trisha Hershberger.
>> M: If you used twitter at all this weekend, you’re probably aware that a massive cache
of nudes photos and videos, many of them belonging to celebrities and public figures, was leaked
by hackers from across the darkest, seediest parts of the web.
>> T: What many are unaware of is that the collection is actually several smaller collections
that have been traded in a small circle of underground hackers for quite some time, and
the cache is likely years in the making. Several of the photos are reportedly years old, and
have long since been deleted from the celebrities’ personal devices.
>> M: However, members of this ring found and exposed a serious flaw in the security
system of Apple’s iCloud, which allowed them to repeatedly guess passwords without
being shut out. Other methods included something called “social engineering”, namely, researching
and then correctly answering security questions.
>> T: Now, I’m sure that many of you want to know who got hacked, and what you can and
can’t see, and where you can find the incriminating evidence of their sex lives, but we’re not
going to share that with you. Why?
>> M & T: Because it’s none of our business.
>> M: It’s not yours, it’s not ours, it’s nobody’s. This is a serious and sick invasion
of real peoples’ privacy. People stole private, personal property of OTHER PEOPLE. Just because
someone is a public figure does not mean that we have any right to see what they look like
naked, unless they choose to share that with the world. And yeah, that is a choice. It
doesn’t make someone a slut, or a whore, or someone to be degraded. Period.
>> T: Many people are saying that if these women didn’t want to have their nude photos
hacked and leaked, then they should never have taken them. That they should know better
than to leave evidence of their healthy sex lives if they don’t want it shared with
the world. It’s a flawed argument, and it’s one that is more about shaming the victim
than solving the problem.
>> M: You’re right. When we rely on modern technology to hold onto anything of value,
there’s a chance that someone with an agenda and way too much time on their hands will
steal it. But let’s just say, for example, I have an award-winning pizza recipe, and
I save it to my phone. If someone hacked me and stole my pizza recipe, would you blame
me for having a pizza recipe, or some weirdo who STOLE my pizza recipe?
>> T: What a food whore. You know he wants to eat that pizza.
>> M: Yeah, what a hot piece of pizza. Fuck him for trying to keep that to himself.
>> T: I bet he makes all the pizza. He’d look so good making my pizza.
>> M: Every person on the planet has the right to take nude photos of themselves. Every single
person. They also have the right to share it or not share it with the world. These hackers
STOLE these women’s property and took that choice away from them. It’s a cycle of sexualized
emotional violence that’s got to stop. They’re people. Don’t click the link.
>> T: Everyone on the planet has a choice: Click, or don’t click. You can either be
part of the problem or part of the solution. And if you do want to take pictures of yourself
in the buff, know
your tech.
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