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[vicarz]

Pr0n WARNING! You might be in it!
Wow, turns out if you use photobucket there is a method of pulling your "private" photos and videos. TONS of private fleshy pictures, videos, videos, videos, videos only shown to trusted friends, videos to your lover, videos only seen by yourself, videos in which you farted at the end so you didn't even send it, videos videos videos --- are all over the internet and you may not even know. So, even if you can trust the person you sent it to or you didn't, but trust yourself, you cannot trust the website to keep your private videos private.

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Okay, but what about

[acesifda.livejournal.com]

First, how are these pictures and videos getting hacked and disseminated in the first place? Get a better password, or don't upload them onto the internet if that scares you.

Now, what about those of us who still want to make a little private collection of keepsakes and memoirs, so we can still reminisce all nostalgic-like when we're old or horny or sad...?

Any advice on convincing arguments or stepping up security protocols?

Thanks, Internets!

Re: Okay, but what about

[vicar.livejournal.com]

It's a password-free hack, or so I hear.

Security levels - 1) don't have them, 2) destroy them, 3) keep them only on physically secure resources?

Re: Okay, but what about

[acesifda.livejournal.com]

So, all you are really saying in this post is that Photobucket nudes are insecure... ;)

Re: Okay, but what about

[ex-dasboot.livejournal.com]

It usually doesn't have anything to do with personal passwords. Myspace was hacked a few months ago and every single picture, private or otherwise, was grabbed. That was a breach and pull of their database though, not through personal accounts. Same thing with account breaches though; it is entirely the fault of their crappy login procedure, not the complexity of passwords.

Photobucket has even worse security and you can pull anything from any account just by playing with URLs and educated guesses on naming conventions. It's absurd.

If you absolutely don't want it seen, don't put it online. If you'd rather not have it seen, don't worry about it. It probably won't be, and even if it is, it's a drop in the planet sized ocean of material out there.

Re: Okay, but what about

[peregrin8.livejournal.com]

Now, what about those of us who still want to make a little private collection of keepsakes and memoirs, so we can still reminisce all nostalgic-like when we're old or horny or sad...?

Burn a CD.

Re: Okay, but what about

[acesifda.livejournal.com]

Yea, exactly. Unless I wanted more people to see it, I would probably NOT put it on the Internet, in any capacity.