You Can Leave Your Clothes On

Have you heard the latest brouhaha about the nude photos of all the young starlets that have been posted on various websites?  If I understand it all correctly, these were photos that these starlets – DOZENS of these starlets- snapped with their cell phones.

There was all kinds of uproar that these photos were hacked and posted on the websites.  There were articles about how these young women had their rights violated and that they were victims of a sex crime.  There was finger-pointing at Apple because of the suspicion that the hackers were getting the photos from the Cloud. People seemed most upset that one of the exposed starlets happened to be Jennifer Lawrence, and one of my FB Friends supposed this was because she was America’s Sweetheart, so people were more upset when it happened to her.

Okay, I have a question. Why are all these young famous people taking nude pictures of themselves on their cell phones?  Is this a “thing” now? Shouldn't famous young people realize that nefarious and immoral sorts have been out to find compromising photos of celebrities since dinosaurs roamed the earth, or so I've heard (I wasn't actually there). Aren't they the ones who are harassed relentlessly by the paparazzi who will go to any extraordinary lengths to get photos of them even with their clothes on?  Why are they surprised that people are trolling the Internet just looking for photos of them?

This is not the Cloud’s fault.  Back in the day when the Cloud was just a fluffy white collection of moisture in the sky, people were stealing other people's pictures from the Internet.  Before there was an Internet, people were stealing people's “hard copy” photos.

So, I have some helpful advice for any young starlet reading this.  If you don't want anyone to steal and post nude photos of you, don’t take nude photos of yourself on your cell phones.  See how simple that is?  

Frankly, I'm surprised you haven't figured this out for yourselves. If I understand that once something is “out there” in Cyberspace that there is no getting it back, surely a young savvy 24-year-old with an estimated net worth of $53 million like you should understand it too. Actually, anyone with more sense than God gave a goose should understand it.

Oh, and while I'm at it… you regular everyday obscure 24-year-olds, with a net worth of about 53 dollars and seemingly endless student loan debt looming ahead of you? You should keep your clothes on while taking pictures on your cell phone, too. You are every bit as important as Jennifer Lawrence and besides, prospective employers have the Internet too.