According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 6 percent of adults 18 and older have sent a sexually suggestive, nude or nearly nude image to someone else by text (sext).
Congressman, Anthony Weiner’s celebrity status was part of why his sexts become viral. But, this doesn’t mean that what happened to Weiner can’t happen to you. Anytime you send a picture to someone or someone posts a picture of you on Facebook, be aware that anyone may have access to view it. Especially nowadays with advances being made in face-recognition technology, photo sharing should be more censored.
There are ways you can control exactly who receives the info you share. For Facebook, there’s the UProtectIt plug-in for Firefox or Chrome Web browsers. It enables you to authorize people to view photos you upload and revoke authorization at any time. If your thing is naughty texts, there’s TigerText, which lets you time out a text or delete it. Read the full article »
