“Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence is one of nearly a dozen Hollywood starlets who fell victim to a major leak of nude photos this past weekend. Nearly 60 explicit images of different actress were uploaded to a forum on 4chan. Moments after the images appeared online, Lawrence found herself trending on Twitter.
“This is a flagrant violation of privacy,” a spokeswoman for Lawrencesaid.“Theauthorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence.”
Experts have confirmed that most of the photos were obtained from iCloud accounts,
and that celebrities were specifically targeted.
Other victims include singer Ariana Grande and actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Grande has denied the authenticity of the photos, while Winstead took to Twitter and lashed out at the hacker. “I can only
imagine the creepy effort that went into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked,” Winstead tweeted.
Indulging in our primal desires is not new, but sometimes it’s necessary to get our minds out of the gutter and have a serious conversation about the origins of our media. Should one expect privacy when any sort of media goes online? How many pictures or videos have we seen belonging to someone who thought it was private?
The sad part is, we don’t know.
The saddest part is that we complain about the National Security Agency, but have no problem sharing nude pictures of celebrities.
If anybody should be answering this question, it’s Apple. The companyhadonejob(ha-ha) and that was to ensure that anything in iCloud storage is safe and secure. The billion dollar corporation has yet to acknowledgeaglaringflawin its security.
So what can we learn from this scandal? First, we should be a lot more careful about what we put online. Second, Jennifer Lawrencehasbeenworkingout.
