Teen accused of sex assaults on Facebook scam

[NaperVic]

An interesting article that touches on trusting people online, sending photos of yourself, etc.

 

 

 

An 18-year-old male student is accused of posing as a girl on Facebook, tricking at least 31 male classmates into sending him naked photos of themselves and then blackmailing some for sex acts.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_re_us/facebook_sex

[Arpeggio]

That is so weird. I don't know what to really think about it.

 

How can you be tricked into sending nudey pictures. Wow.

[Benji]

Errrrrrr!! From what I've read recently, it seems to be some kind of 'rage' or the 'in thing' to do. In fact there is some girl being charged with possession of of porn.

 

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090204/ap_...ec_teen_sexting

[MikeL]

How can you be tricked into sending nudey pictures. Wow.

No one should ever take, or allow someone else to take, nude pictures of himself. If nude pictures exist, never e-mail or post them on the internet. The risks are too great. Think about your future.

[NaperVic]

How can you be tricked into sending nudey pictures. Wow.

I think it's much more common than you think.

 

Maybe not to the extent of sending nude photos of oneself, but I've come across many people who've given quite a bit of personal information and/or pictures to people they meet online before they ever meet them in real life.

 

This article should give everyone a friendly reminder that people online are not always whom they project themselves to be

[Procyon]

Yeah, it's unbelievable what otherwise sensible people sometimes do online... It's as though they think that a screen name will protect them from everything (it's easy to forget how quickly your real name can get out once you mention it to someone) and it's easy to think, also, that you'll never change or want to do something where nude or embarrassing pictures might be an obstacle or at least very uncomfortable to deal with.

[hh5]

That is so weird. I don't know what to really think about it.

 

How can you be tricked into sending nudey pictures. Wow.

 

I guess the enticement of a fake nuddie girl -> I showed mine - you show me yours

If it was webcam then maybe different -> of course someone real clever might fake that and then record boy striping and nuddie

 

so moral of story - no nuddie for any one

 

hey that 18yo can be inprisoned for doing that since he is adult and asking minors to do it

but its up to someone to complain and the law to catch

messy

[Emulated]

I guess the enticement of a fake nuddie girl -> I showed mine - you show me yours

I was wondering what he said to get them to take the pics, but I guess that could work.

 

Mind you, the article said that the youngest was 15, so they can't be that foolish, surely? I'd have never taken a nude photo of myself at that age (let alone now), regardless who it was for.

[Benji]

As I stated before, there seems to be a trend in doing this as of late.

[Arpeggio]

Yeah I found a girl who faked a myspace with my photos when I was 15/16. It was really awkward and I let her have it big time. It wasn't too big of a deal because it was just my appearance she was stealing, but I just put a salute on my hand and revealed her.

 

I notice a lot of fakes on vampirefreaks.com They find popular images of emo boys (who all look similar) and say its them. It's really stupid.

[Drewbie]

Yeah I found a girl who faked a myspace with my photos when I was 15/16. It was really awkward and I let her have it big time. It wasn't too big of a deal because it was just my appearance she was stealing, but I just put a salute on my hand and revealed her.

 

I notice a lot of fakes on vampirefreaks.com They find popular images of emo boys (who all look similar) and say its them. It's really stupid.

 

Im not to surprised but black mail for this case yuck.

 

as for people stealing pictures, best way is to put up a watermark.

[JamesSavik]

I once thought about uploading nude pictures of myself but stopped when I thought of all the systems that would lock up and moniters that would explode.

[hh5]

All the dating websites - the ones that look real good - are all fakes - or stolen picks

[Arpeggio]

Im not to surprised but black mail for this case yuck.

 

as for people stealing pictures, best way is to put up a watermark.

 

I'm not sure what a water mark is, but I do salutes. I just write my own name on my hand. lol.

 

I've only had one faker with my picture. I don't really worry about it.

[Mark Arbour]

I once thought about uploading nude pictures of myself but stopped when I thought of all the systems that would lock up and moniters that would explode.

 

I don't know about the rest of these guys, but I'm willing to risk my monitor.

[hh5]

I don't know about the rest of these guys, but I'm willing to risk my monitor.

 

So u have an excuse to get a 52in flat screen

[Krista]

Well this is part of the reason why I never have anything to do with social networks like Facebook and Myspace. And, people that age are impressionable, the middle teens are when immaturity meets trying to be an adult. So they're experimenting more and well... its easier to experiment on the internet compared to real life. So I think it happens more than I personally like to think about... as its just incredibly disgusting...

[Verm]

Umm they must be kinda desperate I guess. It's kinda sad, really, but I guess they don't have any alternatives, or maybe they were just...drunk or high. When you put a picture on the net, it stays there forever.

 

 

 

 

I'm not sure what a water mark is, but I do salutes. I just write my own name on my hand. lol.

 

I've only had one faker with my picture. I don't really worry about it.

 

A watermark is sorta like this. You'll notice a watermark on his torso. They're just a signature of sorts artists/photographers put over their picture, it can be their name, url, or logo, or anything really. Simple thing to do it in Adobe Photoshop; create a new layer on top of your photo/artwork, add logo/words, and lower the opacity of the layer. Preferably placed where you think people would try to crop or the whole picture itself. Sometimes it ruins the picture, but it's the easiest way to protect it from abuse (but not foolproof, advanced users can remove it well but usually it's detectable if they do).

[LongGone]

No one should ever take, or allow someone else to take, nude pictures of himself. If nude pictures exist, never e-mail or post them on the internet. The risks are too great. Think about your future.

I dunno. I wouldn't allow anyone else to take my photo nude (well there's ONE person) but I'd take my own photo -- assuming my camera lens didn't break. I'd share it even with one or two people I trust. The problem here is it was done randomly, over the internet. And someone you love may one day no longer be someone you love. Will you trust them after the love is gone.

 

I think it's much more common than you think.

Oh yeah. I get offers of photos from readers. I turn them down without exception.

[Pai-kun]

A watermark is sorta like this. You'll notice a watermark on his torso. They're just a signature of sorts artists/photographers put over their picture, it can be their name, url, or logo, or anything really. Simple thing to do it in Adobe Photoshop; create a new layer on top of your photo/artwork, add logo/words, and lower the opacity of the layer. Preferably placed where you think people would try to crop or the whole picture itself. Sometimes it ruins the picture, but it's the easiest way to protect it from abuse (but not foolproof, advanced users can remove it well but usually it's detectable if they do).

IMO, the watermark is just reducing the risk of your picture getting stolen slightly. That's because some people are too lazy to edit out the watermark. But for those intent on stealing the picture, it's a very easy thing to do. It takes about half a minute to remove a "normal" watermark(as in, it's not placed on the face and it doesn't have that many details, mostly just text) and I'd guess I could remove a hard watermark in about five minutes tops. It doesn't really take a lot of knowledge either. Just Photoshop and a little experience with its tools and it would be easy. So I just don't bother adding watermarks to most of my pictures(just a few of my drawings that I spent a lot of time on. But never photographs). Protecting it against a few MS Paint-using thieves isn't worth ruining a picture(which watermarks kinda does. It distracts and ruin nice details if you place it on a "less easy to remove" part of the picture).

 

On topic; I think it's very sad and unfortunate that the Internet is used for these sorts of things.

[JamesSavik]

On topic; I think it's very sad and unfortunate that the Internet is used for these sorts of things.

 

With all due respect Pai Kun, black-mail, sexual assault and scams were around long before then internut was ever dreamed of.

 

It (the internut) takes a beating for being a haven for porn and perverts but it is simply a new venue for the same old crap that's been going on for decades.

 

The internut is not twisted: it is simply being used by twisted people who would be doing the same crap somewhere else. Blaming the technology is ignoring human nature which is very often predatory on all sorts of levels.

 

And yes- I call it the internut because, like a true democracy, it gives every idiot with a keyboard and an html manual the same voice.

[Pai-kun]

With all due respect Pai Kun, black-mail, sexual assault and scams were around long before then internut was ever dreamed of.

 

It (the internut) takes a beating for being a haven for porn and perverts but it is simply a new venue for the same old crap that's been going on for decades.

 

The internut is not twisted: it is simply being used by twisted people who would be doing the same crap somewhere else. Blaming the technology is ignoring human nature which is very often predatory on all sorts of levels.

 

And yes- I call it the internut because, like a true democracy, it gives every idiot with a keyboard and an html manual the same voice.

Yes, which is why I typed that it's sad that it's used that way when it offers so much else.

[Aeroplane]

Well this is part of the reason why I never have anything to do with social networks like Facebook and Myspace. And, people that age are impressionable, the middle teens are when immaturity meets trying to be an adult. So they're experimenting more and well... its easier to experiment on the internet compared to real life. So I think it happens more than I personally like to think about... as its just incredibly disgusting...

 

 

Sorry, Im not sure that makes sense. You dont use sites like that because.. you wont post nude pics of yourself and arent impressionable? I dont think you can generalise about social networking, not everybody who uses it is a predator/teen/immature. .