Why Do People Continue To Put Dodgy Pictures Into A Cloud Store?

[youngmafbog]

It' quite clear that anything accessed over the internet has the potential to be hacked yet people still put naked pictures or porn of themselves onto a cloud and then wonder why the picture is suddenly there for all to see elsewhere.

The stupidity, or maybe nativity, really astounds me. If you must do it then store is on a USB/SD card - under lock and key!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3807351/We-devastated-Revenge-porn-hacker-posts-naked-pictures-TWENTY-women-online-breaking-photo-sharing-accounts.html

[andy-hughes]

It's a mystery to me.

For all the reasons you have stated, I would never put anything on an internet storage medium that I didn't want the world to see.

Personally, I don't store photos this way - generation gap again - but it does seem naive for people to store intimate items which will obviously attract hackers more than seaside views at Torquay.

[sp1814]

No...that's not true.

The word 'hacked' has been abused by the media.

If you create two-factor authentication to access your files, and secure your account with an unguessable password (generated from a password generator), then it's incredibly difficult for a third party to gain access to your cloud data.

The last time this happened (with all the female celebs who got 'hacked'), it turned out that it wasn't a hack at all. It was down to poor security measures taken by the victims (guessable passwords).

It's the equivalent of having all your sensitive files locked in a safe, and having the combination in an envelope sitting on top of it with the words, 'DO NOT OPEN' written in bold.

[youngmafbog]

SP, you and I know how to protect ourselves. 98% of people would not have a clue what you are talking about let alone how to go about it.

[andy-hughes]

SP - that information is really interesting.

I still maintain my point though - if you don't want the world to see something you regard as personal and private, don't store it somewhere where potentially (easily of not) the world may be able to access it.

[Gromit]

If you have personal photos then they are at risk of being stolen whether they are in physical form or digital.
Before Cloud storage, pictures and videos were always being stolen and apppearing in newspapers and on the internet.
Cloud storage is very secure, but does rely on the user having some common sense.

[andy-hughes]

Gromit - //If you have personal photos then they are at risk of being stolen whether they are in physical form or digital.
Before Cloud storage, pictures and videos were always being stolen and apppearing in newspapers and on the internet. //

Maybe the rule is - Before I take this photograph, would I mind if the world saw it? If the answer is 'yes', perhaps have a re-think!

[jim360]

Or -- and I know this is a radical suggestion -- we could stop criticising people for taking these photos and instead go after the privacy-invading *** who broke into the accounts and stole the things?

Just saying.

[sp1814]

Another point about cloud storage - we all have a ton of sensitive info up in the cloud.

Email.

[andy-hughes]

jim360 - //Or -- and I know this is a radical suggestion -- we could stop criticising people for taking these photos and instead go after the privacy-invading *** who broke into the accounts and stole the things? //

Absolutely- I would not wish my point about the wisdom of such storage to infer that I in any way think that hacking is acceptable.

People should be free to store what they want, and hacking is never acceptable, but I do think that we must be mindful that hacking does go on, and be circumspect accordingly.

[jim360]

Obviously it's important to have strong security measures, or at least nothing that relies on passwords like abc123 or whatever the more common normal passwords are. That isn't quite what I meant, though -- although even then if the security is broken it's still the hackers' fault for trying, no matter how easy it was made for them in the end. Where I was drawing the line was when you suggested that taking the photos in the first place seemed to require a rethink.

[youngmafbog]

Yes, we should definitely go after the hackers. Easier said than done sometimes though.

It's like burglars, common sense dictates we lock our doors and dont leave anything on display. Of course we should be able to, but that is not reality.

Personally SP, I never put anything sensitive in an email, especially a non encrypted one.

[sp1814]

If convicted of 'revenge porn' - perhaps those convicted should be put on the sex offenders register?

I'd wager that would stop a few in their tracks.

[sp1814]

YMB

I totally agree that having dodgy photos in the cloud is a risk, but I think a better analogy is having a shoebox of saucy pictures under your bed, breaking up with someone - and having that person break into your house, and then taping them on lamp-posts all over town.

Arguably you should never have told your ex about the photos, and have a reasonable expectation that your house is secure.

[youngmafbog]

I'm always wary of adding people to the sex offenders register for the 'lightweight' offences. By doing so if lowers the importance of it and clouds those (rapists, pedophiles etc) that need to be highlighted.

I believe jail is now an option? Perhaps a couple of high profile cases with a good sentence may deter?

One problem with revenge porn is that people (of both sexes) can behave very unpredictably and out of character when scorned. How far do you go?

[youngmafbog]

Sounds reasonable SP.

However remember in the old days if you took anything dodgy to Boots to develop they were straight round to Plod and you were then both having your collar felt and the photos round the local nick!

[EdmundD]

I keep my stuff on an external drive and password protected where possible. I never felt very confident about the cloud =- after all it's only someone else's server.

[youngmafbog]

Personally I dont have any dodgy piccies of me Edmond.

And I'm pretty sure no one would want to look if I did !