Patton Oswalt on the leaked photo scandal

[PeaceNikki]

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The actresses (all women, hmmm) who had their personal info hacked from the "cloud" had taken every step they thought needed to be taken to keep their shit safe. "The cloud is secure," we've been told, again and again. Fine. This is America. And they're grown women. With grown-up, consenting partners. Sex is fun, in every imaginable variation. So they had fun with their partners. In any way they saw fit, and in a way that was JUST BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR PARTNER. In the case of Mary Elizabeth Winstead, where she was sharing nude pics with her husband, they thought twice about it and DELETED THE PICS.

And yet, pasty mole-men with Cheeto fingers went creepy-crawling through the 1s and 0s of the info-cloud until they dug up the photos. And then shared them with the world. Which, apparently, is full of men who are resentful of hot women who like to have fun with a partner of their own choosing. Uppity, selfish bitches, amirite? Up top, bro. High five.

Anthony Weiner, bless his heart, was a silly dumbass who, in a momentary brain-blur, shared pics of his dick with someone on Twitter. A consenting, flirty, sexting partner, I assume. EXCEPT HE HIT THE WRONG BUTTON AND SHARED THEM WITH THE WORLD.

The actresses who had their private photos hacked, in some cases AFTER they'd deleted them? Creepy. Disturbing.

A politician who hits the wrong button on an iPhone and sends his cock out into the ether? HILARIOUS.

Trying to compare the two and scream hypocrisy? It's like comparing my disgust with someone taking peephole photos in a woman's private shower to my delight at a cam girl dancing naked who doesn't realize the curtains are open behind her and is giving a free skin-show to two Jehovah's Witnesses and a Girl Scout troop selling cookies.
Do people realize there's already all kinds of naked people on the internet? Gorgeous, energetic men and women who could not be more excited for you to look at them from every single angle? And please don't give me the whole "forbidden fruit tastes better" horseshit. Hacked photos aren't "forbidden fruit." They're fruit you didn't even know existed. And then you act like Indiana Jones escaping a temple with a jeweled idol when they're dropped in your sad lap.
The other aspect of Anthony "Carlos Danger" Weiner's schlong-capades that's missing from the hacked photo story is one of real-world importance. It does NOT affect you, in ANY way shape or form, what consenting adults do with one another. It's their business. And before you say it -- no, it ALSO doesn't affect you if a politician is getting some strange on the side. FDR, JFK, Bush Sr. & Clinton all had mistresses.

But Weiner wanted to join that roll call. And that's a roll call that, since JFK at least, put you within arms reach of the nuclear Armageddon button. And I don't want a guy near that switch when he's already proved he can't be trusted with the "DON'T PUSH THIS OR THE WORLD SEES YOUR DICK" button.

Much more on his FB page: https://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/posts/10152464155507655?fref=nf

[Snarkoleptic]

1. The cloud is corporate-speak for keeping your stuff on someone elses hard drive.

That said, what these hackers did inexcusable and they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

[riqster]

2. The cloud is the return of the old time-sharing model we used to back in the day.

The only delta is the increased dispersion of hardware.

[Egnever]

3. Anyone that believes the cloud is secure

Is whistling past the graveyard. There are breaches daily in the news.

[kairos12]

4. Word to everyone--don't get caught with your breaches down.

[Skittles]

15. I agree

the naivete of people is astounding

[progressoid]

5. "pasty mole-men with Cheeto fingers went creepy-crawling through the 1s and 0s of the info-cloud"

[PeaceNikki]

13. Patton is an artist.

I adore him.

[SidDithers]

24. His bit on the "Christmas Shoes" song is mandatory holiday viewing for my wife and I...

Sid

[Beaverhausen]

6. First four posts in this thread are blaming the victims

Look-over your heads-there goes the point.

[Perseus]

8. I do sympathize with the victims but...

Why would anyone want to save that kind of personal information in the cloud? Why do people think that the cloud is safe? It is new technology, it is out there for the taking and hackers are very good at that.

The victims must take some blame on this because the old "think before you act" has to come into play here...what proof does anyone have on the security of the cloud? This is private stuff that should kept private, if you save it somewhere where someone else becomes the keeper, then you don't have anyone but yourself to blame.

I am not saying that the people who stole the photos are not to blame, but...

This is another proof on why politicians lie to people, because they know they will believe anything they say, as long as it is presented in the proper way, with the proper commercials, just like IBM wants to make you think that you life/business is going to become so much better once you join the cloud, until one of those servers in the cloud dies and all your business is down for a week while they find it.

[eggplant]

11. You had me up to "but". n/t

[Starry Messenger]

14. The photos are stored to the cloud automatically, uploaded from the phone.

Most of these photos were not saved to the cloud by conscious decision. Many of the photos were actually deleted from the phones they were taken on, as in, the owner thought they were gone.

Stealing is stealing. It's a crime.

[Skittles]

17. no one ever hacks into phones

noooooooooo

[LeftyMom]

21. People break into houses and rifle through drawers too.

So nobody should ever have naked pictures, risque love letters, sex toys, sexy underpants or for that matter unsexy underpants either.

We should all structure our lives around thieves who disrespect our privacy.

[Skittles]

22. hey, whatever floats your boat

I remember back in the day laughing at a boyfriend who wanted pictures - and that was WAY before the internet - I remember thinking, yeah, he wouldn't show his friends......................riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

[Skittles]

16. here you're not allowed to hate the hackers and still advise common sense

you get accused of victim blaming

[Beaverhausen]

19. I don't see any hate for the hackers from the victim-blamers

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I see them calling people naive and stupid for doing ANYTHING that one might want to keep personal.

Do you also blame people who have things stolen from their houses because, well, you know, people can pick locks?

[Skittles]

23. oh yea, they are all pro-hacker

JAYSUS

hey, if someone steals my TV and takes a picture and scans it into the internet I will not forever worry who might see it

NAKED PICTURES ARE DIFFERENT - UNDERSTAND???

[PeaceNikki]

12. no shit

[egduj]

7. I don't know why he has to drag Cheetos down, though.

[Perseus]

9. Ii is just a reference to the old joke

of the guy who goes to the doctor because his private part has turned orange, so when the doctor asks what he does during the days, he tells the doctor he eats cheetos and watches porno films...but I agree, he should not drag cheetos down...

[Chan790]

10. It's Patton Oswalt...

Dude is clearly a friend of the Cheetos...as am I.

[sendero]

18. Mr Sky Cake..

.... nails it

[Dreamer Tatum]

20. Courageous stance against bad behavior.

Glad we have his take. Was not sure what to make of it all until now.