I don't want to put words into your mouth but you sound like the fact that these were nude photos makes these victims less worthy of sympathy. It's interesting that some people view hackers in a more favorable light than people who decided to do something completely legal but intimate for a loved one. Not saying you fall into this category, I'm not at all sure, but there's a sizable element that do.
I don't feel that way at all. I don't have a favorable view of the hackers at all. They committed an immoral act.
People that think there should be no expectation of privacy on anything stored on the INTERNET make me sad inside. Just because it has become a de facto reality doesn't make it right
You're correct. It isn't right, but it is a fact of life. There's a whole crap ton of stuff in this world that is de facto reality that isn't right. I try to reserve my outrage for the situations that can be changed. As long as the internet is around, creepy, technology skilled people will try to get access to other people's crap.
Thing is, no one really thinks this. It's an easy place to live when we're talking about celebrities and nude photos. If slucat had pictures of her kids hacked, stolen, and sold to a child pornographer (happens all of the time) then we wouldn't hear this internet is free game stuff. There are many many many more examples of stuff that's accessible to the internet that people hold sacred.
Not to mention that "they put it on the internet" is factually incorrect.
Thing is, I really do think that.
It may not have been stored on an easily accessible website, but these pictures were put on the internet. They were stored on devices connected to the internet. That is "being put on the internet".
I agree with most of your sentiments. I do feel sorry for the victims. What happened to them sucks. I think the only place we differ is in our expectations of privacy on the internet, and I'm not going to change your opinion on that. I think your opinion here is the normative one. Mine is the positive.
