Cyber Hacker has posted Naked photos of many celebs Online (according to Daily Mail)

[Swanky]

Emma Watson via twitter:
Emma Watson ✔ @EmWatson

Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy.
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[iluvmybags]

I have no idea who this 'Jennifer Lawrence' person is, what she does or why she's in the public eye (apparently some slasher flick?), but she's really starting to annoy me. OK, so some skin-pics leaked out. Annoying? Yes. Invasion of privacy? Yes. Fodder for a possible civil suit someday? Yes.

Crime Of The Freaking Century? Not even close.

Sugah Cheeks, the FBI has real crimes to deal with. You know, the kind where people get killed for real? The kind where people lose their life savings? They don't need you wasting their time over this. You want to fuss at somebody? Fuss at Apple for their inadequate security.

But get off the media pages with your whining. Or, maybe you wanted the attention?

Jennifer Lawrence is an Oscar winning actress, who has been nominated multiple times. She's the star of the Hunger Games movies, one of the top grossing movie franchises in recent year (similar to the Twilight series). She's known for speaking her mind and actually being pretty "normal" for a celebrity (she tripped up the stairs to accept her Oscar too). She's probably one of the most well-liked A-list celebrities among fellow actors and fans. One of the few where her celebrity status hadn't gone to her head.

I don't think she's done anything wrong or is whining about anything - If I were in her shoes, I'd probably be demanding someone do something about it and get a hold on this thing. In just a few days, this thing had gotten way out of control (and I can think of a heck of a lot of other people I'd like to "see get off the pages" - and I'm not talking about celebrities)

 

[Swanky]

People here seem to really dislike her, evidenced in her thread and this one.

 

[iluvmybags]

People here seem to really dislike her, evidenced in her thread and this one.

Yea, I was referring to people outside tPF - I'll never understand the likes and dislikes around here. Sometimes hating on celebrities seems to be a sport around here, or the "cool thing" to do. I saw Kim Kardashian's name mentioned earlier on in this thread (in one of the articles that was quoted), and other celebs who are more widely disliked (outside tPF), yet everyone seems to want to point fingers at Jennifer Lawrence, focusing their attention on her and make their opinions about her known.

I wonder if this had been a list of one hundred names from some school's PTA or just random every day people from around the world - or more than a hundred members of tPF - if the thoughts and opinions would be different. For some reason, celebrities always seem to be held to a higher standard than any one of us.

 

[Echoes]

She's the star of the Hunger Games movies, one of the top grossing movie franchises in recent year

"The Hunger Games universe is a dystopia set in "Panem", a country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and twelve districts in varying states of poverty. Every year, children are chosen to participate in a compulsory annual televised death match called The Hunger Games."

This is supposed to be entertainment?

One of the few where her celebrity status hadn't gone to her head.

No, not at all.

 

[iluvmybags]

"The Hunger Games universe is a dystopia set in "Panem", a country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and twelve districts in varying states of poverty. Every year, children are chosen to participate in a compulsory annual televised death match called The Hunger Games."

This is supposed to be entertainment?




No, not at all.

Facts & Figures 2012: ‘Hunger Games’ Still Rules in Children's Books

For children’s books, without a doubt, the Hunger Games was the story of the year. Its performance far exceeded all other books for children and teens. In 2012 Suzanne Collins’s dystopian trilogy sold an astounding 27.7 million copies: 15 million print books and 12.7 million e-books. Of that print number, 8.8 million was for hardcovers, since only the first of the three books is available in paperback. The original Hunger Games title sold 11.7 million copies on its own (903,000 in hardcover, 6.2 million in paperback, and 4.6 million digitally). The only series with higher digital sales, for either adults or children, was Fifty Shades of Grey at 14+ million—soft-core porn edging out kids battling to the death.

Though the Hunger Games was already a huge phenomenon before the March 2012 release of the Lionsgate film, the movie launched book sales into the stratosphere. Back in 2010, Hunger Games books sold 4.3 million copies, which jumped to 9.2 million in 2011; that number tripled in 2012, making for a 201% increase over previous year sales. Clearly—as previously demonstrated by Twilight and Harry Potter—while a hot movie franchise is ongoing, demand for the books is unrelenting.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/...l-rules-in-children-s-facts-figures-2012.html

‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Passes $409M Domestically; Franchise Hits Record Books

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire topped $409.4M last night, surpassing the first The Hunger Games which grossed $408M. It marks the first time ever that the first two installments of a franchise have each grossed $400M at the domestic box office, Lionsgate announced early this morning. Catching Fire has a total worldwide cume to date of $838.2M in its first seven weeks of release compared to $691M worldwide box office generated during the entire run of the first Hunger Games film, the company said. It also noted that it became the highest-grossing film released at the domestic box office in 2013. Disney’s Frozen is still playing in over 1,000 theaters and has already grossed $302M since opening on Thanksgiving Day and Disney’s Iron Man 3 still holds the record for the highest grosser of calendar year 2013 with a little over $409M; the third Iron Man was released on May 3. Catching Fire reached its $409 mark in only 49 days. The film already had set records for the biggest November opening weekend ever at $158.1M as well as the biggest three- and five-day Thanksgiving box office gross. The picture is still playing in wide release. Lionsgate also noted that Catching Fire is the first 2D film to become the top-grossing film of the year since 2008. The next installment, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 is scheduled for a November 21, 2014 release followed by Part 2, which will be released November 20 the following year.Related: Slideshow: Top 10 Domestic Grossers Of 2013 – ‘Iron Man 3′ Is No. 1

http://deadline.com/2014/01/hunger-...ased-in-2013-passes-409m-domestically-661846/

 

[bisousx]

I wonder if this had been a list of one hundred names from some school's PTA or just random every day people from around the world - or more than a hundred members of tPF - if the thoughts and opinions would be different. For some reason, celebrities always seem to be held to a higher standard than any one of us.

There is so much suffering in the world right now... Out of all of the awful injustices I read in the news today, someone's nude photos being leaked - whether celebs or PTA, whatever - does not register on my radar. I wish I could have empathy in this case. I know I wouldn't want that to happen to me but then again I would never be in that situation soooo.... I don't even like sending personal info via text when it's common knowledge that the police, the gov'r, any skilled hacker can read everything on your phone/computer even after you deleted it. It's hard to gaf.

 

[iluvmybags]

There is so much suffering in the world right now... Out of all of the awful injustices I read in the news today, someone's nude photos being leaked - whether celebs or PTA, whatever - does not register on my radar. I wish I could have empathy in this case. I know I wouldn't want that to happen to me but then again I would never be in that situation soooo.... I don't even like sending personal info via text when it's common knowledge that the police, the gov'r, any skilled hacker can read everything on your phone/computer even after you deleted it. It's hard to gaf.

Then why would you bother to enter a thread and read any comments, articles or opinions, let alone, actively participate in a conversation about the subject? If its not on your radar, wouldn't you just skip over it?

 

[bisousx]

Then why would you bother to enter a thread and read any comments, articles or opinions, let alone, actively participate in a conversation about the subject? If its not on your radar, wouldn't you just skip over it?

I skim all of the threads here and it's entertaining but I don't feel the outrage that others do.

 

[bisousx]

FWIW I hope anyone who assumed that technology is secure or private will learn a big lesson from this. Still can't figure out what it is about phones and instagram that makes everyone want to be a porn star.

 

[whimsic]

I feel bad for the people in the pictures. They must feel so violated.

I am not blaming them at all, but they should've known better.. They are celebrities and if pictures like these got in the wrong hands they can expect them to be published everywhere. Even if phones are secure, they can still easily get lost.

 

[Singra]

I skim all of the threads here and it's entertaining but I don't feel the outrage that others do.

I feel like people aren't that outraged about the specific event but more about the insensitivity (or sensitivity) of reactions to certain aspects of the story.


It's a pity so much attention gets focused on the famous visible faces and not on the invisible anonymous hackers. Nobody would be happy about being hacked by those wormy little f***ktards and it's a pity they aren't exposed in a more visible way.


In other news...
It's estimated 7m people viewed the photos on the day they were publicly leaked.

 

[Singra]

FWIW I hope anyone who assumed that technology is secure or private will learn a big lesson from this. Still can't figure out what it is about phones and instagram that makes everyone want to be a porn star.

It's not just photos celebrities have to worry about, they're the constant focus of attacks. Last year financial information of several celebs was leaked... including H ******* and J *****... I'm assuming they of all people have good security protocols. Luckily for the public J ***** takes his nude selfies with a polaroid.

It's also not just the photos of JLaw and others that got hacked... the hackers would also have had access to their phone book, GPS data, SMS etc. You know they're not just going to take the photos, they're going to get everything they can.

 

[FreeSpirit71]

I skim all of the threads here and it's entertaining but I don't feel the outrage that others do.

FWIW I'd be just as outraged and more if this was a friend of mine. Yes, the story is high profile because of the high profile names but the crime and the violation is the same.

I comment here and on other current affairs threads. I don't believe it warrants any more exposure than other current affairs stories however the principals are important and will lead to good discussion of security - not just for famous people but for everyone.

That may be the only positive out of this.

@Singra...good post.

 

[Singra]

I feel bad for the people in the pictures. They must feel so violated.

I am not blaming them at all, but they should've known better.. They are celebrities and if pictures like these got in the wrong hands they can expect them to be published everywhere. Even if phones are secure, they can still easily get lost.

I think the thing is it's more of an iCloud issue... while most of the photos seem to have been taken with a phone no-one said they were being kept on the phone... they could have been stored on whatever other iDevice they owned that then synced up (possibly without their awareness) to the cloud. Mary Elizabeth Winstead said she deleted her photos long ago, it's very likely many of the others thought the same and weren't aware the photos were still being backed up.

A quote from a recent article about the nebulousness of the iCloud...

Annnnyway, after some discussion and volleying questions, we admitted to each other that we know very little about the forced-upon-us iCloud and how it sucks in our information, photos, music, etc., and just when you really need it, it all seemingly disappears.

Because even though we're both reasonably computer proficient, when it comes to Apple's iCloud in particular, neither of us can truly figure out what gets stored where and when or why. Like when I thought I'd been backing up my photos and music, and had, in the past, been able to download them from one device to another, but when I tried to restore after a massive computer crash, they suddenly disappeared. Why, iCloud, why? Where are they? And how do I get them back?

It's a question that's met with a shrug by most regular people and at least one "Mac Genius" who was as much a genius as I am a chef. Or a genius, for that matter. (But then the name gave it away anyway, didn't it? How can the majority of them live up to the moniker Genius? A "Kick Me" sign might be more appropriate.)

My point is, iCloud is the irritating tag-a-long friend of your hot iPhone boyfriend. If you have an iThing, you automatically get an iCloud account, which may or may not be backing up your stuff.

In fact, earlier this year, actress Jennifer Lawrence told MTV, "My iCloud keeps telling me to back it up and I'm like, 'I don't know how to back you up. Do it yourself.'"

http://www.thespec.com/living-story...-her-head-and-other-body-parts-in-the-clouds/