I'm a bit of an asshole, and I'm going to lay some blame on the victims. Victims. Jennifer Lawrence was NOT the only one. I think there was at least five confirmed victims, mixed with quite a few fakes. The reason I feel some blame should be placed on them, is because as has been said, this is the digital age. Information moves fast, some of these victims have not known a world without the idea of cellphones being everywhere. When news keeps popping up, more and more about Celeb photo leaks, and you are a celebrity, pay attention, you could be next. Now I get that they may have simply been unaware of iCloud having all their shit, and if that's all there is to it, that sucks, however if they knew they were putting their stuff up on the internet, what have we always said? Once it's on the internet, you can't get rid of it, it stays on the internet. It doesn't matter how "secure" the server, by being on the internet, or in the "cloud" your information has now become that much more vulnerable, and this is NOT Amazon with your credit card information, or Sony, or any store, this is a folder on the internet we're talking about. And the weird "thing" the U.S. has with celebrities, you need to be extra careful. If you're not, then please accept the situation, hope the person who hacked into your information gets found and prosecuted, and hope tomorrow is a better day.
The hacker, is at fault, don't think I don't think they are. They found a way to get something that was not theirs, something that was a depiction of someone else, something that was meant to be an intimate moment, and released that to the public without the celebrities' permission. That's not okay. And I looked at those pictures, and that's not okay on my end, I admit that.
When Kirsten Dunst posts a twitter message calling out iCloud for not being secure enough with her pictures, even though I think she should be a little more careful where she lets data like that move to, I feel for her, I feel bad, she didn't deserve this, none of them did. They could, should, take more precautions though, we are talking about some bits of data, this is not rape, this is not them being mugged, we are talking about what data you allow on the internet. The cloud, the internet of all damn places.
Anyways, I'm tired that it's "Jennifer Lawrence", I'm tired that "consent" is the word used most often, I'm tired that it's either the victims fault or it's the hacker and the pervs who saw the pictures faults, I'm tired that it is some how unacceptable to state the simple fact that these celeb leaks keep happening, I'm tired that no one seems to care about all the non-celebrities this must happen to, I'm tired of this with us or against us attitude surrounding so many things, I'm tired that people cannot seem to grasp that Jennifer Lawrence was not the only one and by shining such a huge spotlight on her like that you not only amplify the fact that her pictures were leaked you also unintentionally shrug away the other celebs whose pictures were also leaked, I'm tired that it seems so prominent an idea that the US damn near has a straight up fetish that is simply nudity and yet when we act that way it comes as a surprise - not saying we shouldn't try to change or overcome it - just stopped being so shocked that it happens sometimes, I'm tired that no one believes there weren't any penises in these pictures, I'm tired the idea becomes "so what if she takes a picture of her breasts!?" when there were close ups between some of these ladies legs and even penetration, also of note Reddit just raised some nice cash for some cancer research I think it was prostate because of this.