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Apart from the fact that these images have been taken without permission so you really shouldn't be hunting for them, anyone going digging on less than reputable sites is pretty much declaring open season on their computers,' Boyd concluded. 'As freshly leaked pictures and video of celebrities continue to be dropped online, so too will scammers try to make capital out of image-hungry clickers. So far nearly 7,000 users have become a victim of the latest scam.

That's what happened in this case,' Johnson added.While you are looking through all these links, the creepy app spams out the same tweets from your account, leading your followers to the same The Fappening 2.0 scam you fell for. There are still certain ways you can screenshot those photos and the sender will not be alerted. 'Some of the photos were sent and received via the Snapchat app which a lot of teen thinks is a safe app because a photo or video does not stay on the app for very long. If the person in the image or video is under the age of 17, it's illegal in Alabama. They might think it's something flirty and fun to do, but it can have serious consequences that could impact their future. Police urge parents need to talk to their kids about how they use their cell phones and social media. The majority of them were of age but there was a lot of them that were not and that's why the charges came out because of the ages of some of the victims in the photos. Court documents stated on that in September of 2017, Davis disseminated pictures of 14-15 year old girls who were in naked or partially naked into the dropbox which he 'granted other males access to.'

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