posted July 21, 2013 01:26 AM            

This is an optional thread and anyone in here that has posted their pictures could have already had people screenshot them and have them saved in some folder on their computer with the person's username, cross referencing the picture with facebook, other forums, etc.

posted July 21, 2013 01:57 AM            

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Originally posted by Pisces-Sweety:
Yeah guys but still, everyone here gets to post their pictures freely except for me because my pictures will get stolen. I dont think thats fair. Why should I be the one who is constantly scared of this while others get to do it? Thats so f*cked up. That 15 year old brat better not post here again or she'll see.

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My picture was stolen by a grown man here, you aren't the only one.

posted July 21, 2013 02:08 AM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
My picture was stolen by a grown man here, you aren't the only one.

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posted July 21, 2013 02:10 AM            

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Originally posted by MsPrism:
Everyone here and everyone that ever posts pictures publicly on the internet is under the same exact threat of their photo/s being stolen.

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It's almost besides the point. A site with the amount of traffic this one gets is no doubt constantly being crawled and indexed by search engine spiders. Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc. Not to mention privately run content scrapers.

Even if Randall has taken steps to prevent it, it's pretty much impossible to stop altogether.

Once you hit that submit button, it's out there somewhere. Permanently.

Depending on where in the world you live, you may be protected by personal copyright laws even without placing an explicit notice on your content. But even that's not a guarantee since there are plenty of regions where these laws are completely ignored.

I'm not saying I like it. Any of it. But considering current precedence and new technologies such as Google Glass (which allows users to record real world data as it happens) a lack of public privacy may just be one of those unpleasant things we all learn to live with. Either that or we all stay inside around the clock with the curtains drawn.

It's kind of eye-for-an-eye, but the best recourse you probably have in a situation like this is to fight fire with fire. And to remove as much incentive as possible. Basically, if someone wants to use your likeness to boost their own fragile ego, call them out on it. As publicly and embarrassingly as possible. Really, what could be worse to someone with that kind of mindset?

And yeah, keep really important stuff secure. Use a service like LastPass to generate and store secure passwords and logins. Use unique credentials for anything you think is even remotely high-risk and don't share anything you want to keep private.

Call me jaded. Call me paranoid. But that's my two cents.
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P.S. My pics are posted here too.

Right now I assume somewhere there's a nasty old fat dude using them on Craigslist so he can trade pictures with some other nasty old fat dude pretending to be someone else.

posted July 21, 2013 02:44 AM            

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Originally posted by Brontex:
I just hope that if they decide to photoshop my head on someone else's body, that they pick someone with nice abs and a ridiculously large @#$%.

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posted July 21, 2013 03:15 AM            

people that create fake profiles and fake images of themselves sicken me.

posted July 21, 2013 03:19 AM            

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Originally posted by Hera:
Ms Prism,
You shouldn't have edited. Had I not declare war on Libras I might have said it myself.

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posted July 21, 2013 03:32 AM            

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Originally posted by MsPrism:
Don't make me feel bad. I might rewind and make your day a bit darker.

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...I'll just show myself to the door. Thanks.

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posted July 21, 2013 03:38 AM            

That turned sour fast! It was a joke, not meant as something rude. Ah text, you most fickle thing.

Reminds me of a comedian doing a bit on our need for tonal font families.

"How do you know he didn't mean what he texted?"

"Because he used Sarcastica!"

@Hera

posted July 21, 2013 03:43 AM            

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Originally posted by MsPrism:
@Brontex

That turned sour fast! It was a joke, not meant as something rude. Ah text, you most fickle thing.

Reminds me of a comedian doing a bit on our need for tonal font families.

"How do you know he didn't mean what he texted?"

"Because he used Sarcastica!"

@Hera

Yeah, I'm having a bit of a crash test with them myself!

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posted July 21, 2013 03:48 AM            

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Originally posted by MsPrism:

@Hera

Yeah, I'm having a bit of a crash test with them myself!

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posted July 21, 2013 03:51 AM            

I have a thing for a guy with something "wrong" with his face though. Call me crazy but a little darkness on the outside excites me!

Either that or they have some brooding "I'm probably too effed up inside for anyone to deal with me, just walk away while you have the chance." thing about them.

posted July 21, 2013 03:51 AM            

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Originally posted by MsPrism:
We're down to smileys helping us understand one another. *sigh* What has this world come to? Haha

I do think that assigning certain fonts to certain tones would help a lot, seriously!

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posted July 21, 2013 03:53 AM            

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Originally posted by Hera:
^And this is why I stay away from Libras.

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High five girl!!!