LaurieS1285

I'd rather not put them out there for people to click on. I looked at a number of sites on the open web. There are a handful of known ones. I also had a security researcher show me some of the darker revenge porn sites on the dark web. It was pretty awful. Women had their webcams hacked and people could buy access to live shows. The women were being blackmailed into performing for an audience on the dark web. There was also a trade going on where people could upload their own images and get free access, or pay $55 to buy access.

We were set to interview a woman who was a victim of revenge porn. As we heard her story, we realized it was a bigger problem and wanted to take a deep dive into. It was interesting to learn about the laws, how people react to this type of harassment, the limited resources etc.

Some of the women we met were informed by their friends that they were naked on the web. Pretty awful call to take. I don't think many women on the sites we looked at actually knew they were on those sites. That's pretty scary. Some are informed by friends, others are informed when they google their name, apply for a job. It ranges

Sure. Easy to say don't take a nude photo of yourself. But now there are hackers that can turn on your webcam and record you. First of all, let's state the obvious - be careful who you share photos with. Operate under the assumption that privacy and our concept of privacy is changing. But digging in a bit - you can put tape over your webcam, be REALLY careful about clicking on links or spam. If you don't know the person sending it, be careful. This is how malware is installed on your computer. If you are going to share photos of yourself, just remember that every time a company like snapchat has deemed the service safe, we've had moment where we realized our images could be stored. If I were you, I would be really careful about taking pictures and sending them to someone, even if I trusted them. I'm a tech reporter so a bit paranoid.

There are. It can happen to both men and women. Most of the content I saw of women but I spoke to a lawyer who is representing a male victim and there are definitely men on some of the sites.