I\u2019ve been thinking some more about the leaks and their social ramifications. This is such an interesting and pivotal phenomena. I can\u2019t help it, not that I should.<\/p>\n
As I\u2019ve discussed, there exists a secret network of chatrooms and darknet pages that the leakers and, possibly, the hackers themselves use to collaborate on projects regarding the leaks. I\u2019ve been monitoring these pages closely since the leaks started.<\/p>\n
Beyond the pictures themselves, I\u2019ve discovered a few interesting things from this monitoring, the first being the mentality of the hackers themselves. They tend to be like me, of course: white, male, smart, alienated, and underemployed.<\/p>\n
The hackers and leakers are like me in that they see the celebrity girls and clearly desire them, but have great difficulty in seeing themselves as being represented by them and the culture they inhabit. Thus, the celebrities are regarded as the \u201cother\u201d, as people who are not like them<\/em> and thus fair game for attacks. This is especially true when the leakers\u2019 thoughts turn to things like money. Their ideas there seem almost like an echo of my own. The celebrities have money and opportunity, so they can afford all the therapy and diamonds they need to fix their feelings. So fuck them. Those bitches.<\/p>\n IMHO, the hacks aren\u2019t going to end. Not anytime soon, at least. Not as long as the economic system in the US is as fucked up as it is. There is clearly too much economic inequality, and that problem is actually worsening<\/em> in spite of my warnings. Unbelievable. Do the .01% in this country really believe that they can continue on this path without repercussions? What fools. What stupid, na\u00efve, arrogant fools.<\/p>\n One of the leakers published a \u201cHow-To\u201d guide to cracking celebrity accounts. I\u2019m not going to detail what\u2019s in it for obvious reasons, but the publisher made it clear in the document that he believed that this stuff would only be the tip of iceberg, and that it may continue indefinitely. I believe him. Right now, there\u2019s a few million computer geeks sitting at home, totally unemployed or extremely underemployed. I\u2019ve been one of these people before, and I know others like this in real life. I know smart people with CS degrees who stock shelves at Target.<\/p>\n These people are angry and frustrated. They\u2019re starting out in life overloaded with debt and with absolutely no way to pay it off. It\u2019s criminal, or at least it would be in a fair and just society. I can certainly see some of them taking out their frustrations on Hollywood.<\/p>\n Frankly, the celebrities should be thankful that I\u2019m not in the place I used to be. I can outcode almost anyone. Programming languages are merely languages with math, after all, and my proficiency with both is obvious. And although I\u2019ve never programmed anything offensive or criminal, learning how to do it would be child\u2019s play for me. They\u2019re lucky lucky lucky that I\u2019m on their side.<\/p>\n For the time being, I\u2019m not going to wreak havoc. We\u2019ll see how long that lasts.<\/p>\n This topic brings to mind an essay I was going to write about the VMAs before the leaks started. The focus of the essay was going to be on the shocking dearth of representation of white, American men on stage at the awards show, despite them being by far the largest and most important demographic in the country. It\u2019s baffling, it really is. Who in their right mind really believes that this culture we have is representative of anything but the views of the .01%?<\/p>\n I mean, yes, Miley brought in that homeless guy. But I\u2019m sure that seemed like more of a joke than anything else. Honestly, people; what the fuck is going on? You can\u2019t possibly believe that this stuff is going to continue forever as it is.<\/p>\n This recent talk of feminism is very jarring. They\u2019re barking up the wrong tree. As usual. This stuff isn\u2019t going to stop, is it?<\/p>\n The anger just grows and grows\u2026<\/p>\n But I digress.<\/p>\n I want to see those Abigail Spenser videos. Those 3 that everyone is looking for\u2026 where are they? And people only have the 3 pics of Kirsten Dunst… where are the rest?<\/p>\n And God damnit, somebody fucking hack Emma Stone too. Do it now before she deletes whatever she\u2019s got on her phone. I need to see her tits at least once before I die. I swear to God that I\u2019ll just do it myself if nobody does it for me.<\/p>\n Well, not really. That would be criminal.<\/p>\n Whatever. Fuck them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve been thinking some more about the leaks and their social ramifications. This is such an interesting and pivotal phenomena. I can\u2019t help it, not that I should. 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