The people saying she did something unwise aren't saying that she didn't protect herself. They're saying that in making the photos and storing them anywhere she was creating a situation of vulnerability even if she protected it afterwards.Rocket Girl said:The stupid decision was not wearing protection. If you have something so vulnerable, why would you not protect it like the women protected their images with passwords and a seemingly secure server? Is it because you expect others to not violate your rights? Do you expect people to not hurt you?
She did protect them. This whole scenario is equivalent to storing something in a storage facility and someone breaking into your unit. That you kept something that could be harmful to you is unwise. Like a person who keeps incriminating evidence of themselves in a cookie tin over the fridge. That is a mistake she made. However, this mistake is an entirely distinct incident from them being stolen. It is no more playing a part in the theft than a gem cutter is responsible for the gems he produces getting stolen.
What we should gather from this situation is that the internet is not a safe place and that it is not wise to maintain items we wouldn't want to fall into other people's hands and to store them online is not unlike walking through a bad neighborhood at the wrong hour. You aren't responsible for other people deciding to commit a crime. But learning from the bad choices that were made is a valuable way to avoid it happening to you.