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In every single crime, the victim is a participant in the victim selection process. In Perfect World®, there'd be no behavior on the victim's part that made them more likely to be selected by the criminal. In real world, there are things you can do that increase your chances of being selected. Wishing that wasn't so doesn't change this.
If I give you my PIN number and ATM card to pull out $20 and you take $200, who is at fault? You. But how much could you have stolen if I'd not given you the card and PIN?
This is the core of the nudie pics drama. If you don't want someone to see pictures of you nekkid; never EVER take a picture of yourself nekkid. That applied before there was an internet. The reason is that there are thieves and scumbags out there who will be more than happy to share them with the world should they ever discover how you've secreted them away.
Celebrities should be aware that all of that doubly applies to them and the security measures that keep a picture of my nekkidness secure are meaningless to someone with real motivation to see them, and the mere fact of celebrity means that motivations exists. That means that celebs need to take extraordinary measures to secure their data. Why? Because we don't live in Perfect World®!
So we lecture the victim and punish the thieves! To skip the lecture assures the victim will be selected again. Becoming self-rightous and indignant when someone points out the victim's participation in the process makes you a fool.
And after The Bling Ring, if I were a celeb I'd be double-checking my security. Those idiotic kids should have been a wake-up call. If a bunch of half-witted teenagers could break into Paris Hilton's house again and again that easily, how difficult would it be for Rudolf the Red-Nosed Rapist to do it and give Paris a surprise she wasn't expecting?
ReplyDeleteIn any case, in this day and age, why are we still shocked at nude pictures? Are we all collectively ten years old?
The rumors say that it's worse than bad security. They fell for phishing scams and essentially gave the "hackers" their information and passwords. This is "so you've decided to buy a computer and get online 101."
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