Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Up today revenge ***, spies
and Angry Birds
Welcome to The Red Couch
The show about Internet freedom and security
Did your lover break up with you?
You'd do anything to get back them back - anything
anything at all to see them suffer
This evil instinct against love cheats
was exploited by Hunter Moore
founder of revenge *** website is anyone up?
On the now defunct site jilted lovers
posted images of their exes in an online parade of ***
Alongside photos, Hunter Moore posted the ex's full name
phone number, profession, social media profile
and city of residence
because users generated content, Hunter Moore was insulated from libel
by the same laws which protect Facebook
but now the FBI has arrested Hunter Moore for paying a hacker
to break into people's emails, steal their nude photos and post them online
He paid computer boffin Charles Evens
around 25 dollars for each new photo posted online, it is alleged
Yes that's right - the most intimate moments in your life
are worth less than 25 bucks
But is the FBI targeting Moore because he is guilty
or because they want to make an example of a public menace?
Moore has a following the size of Poland - in the tens of millions
Including every person ever scorned in love
which means pretty much all of us
Many women love him. This is what Breezy Adams said in 2011
We caught up with Breezy, who told us via Twitter that today
even after Hunter was arrested,
if he would sign her naked body, she would ink in his name
But in interviews, Hunter Moore comes across
as a teenager spoilt by an audience of millions
He said there are two types women in the world:
"My Mom - and ***."
But he gives to charities, including those helping victims of the Boston Marathon bombs
He sends pictures of his *** to anyone who annoys him
But he won't post images of anyone under 18 years of age
In his quest to be the most radical person alive
he told Rolling Stone magazine that "unless I *** Steve Jobs, what else is there?"
Something that has crossed all of our minds
But he also wants to write a guide
that helps parents and teenagers understand the dangers of sexting
A serial polygamist, he said: "You don't get an STD..."
"..if you never get tested."
but he hates child ***. He told 'The Daily Dot' magazine
"Every 12-year old Danish girl has sent me pictures of themselves naked..."
Every 12 year-old Danish girl
Every single one
Now he is out on bail and is banned from using the Internet
His Twitter account is dead - But hate will not go away
The reaction to his arrest was packed with bile
The Red Couch spoke to Amanda Collins,
who runs Hunter Moore's Facebook fansite she told us
the glee that people were displaying at Hunter Moore's decline...
was disgusting
She said people have been leaving comments on my personal email
saying that they hope Hunter will be *** in prison
Critics of Moore are delighting in his decline
with a sadistic frenzy equal to that promoted by his revenge *** website
and they don't see the irony
even without Moore, the Internet is still a megaphone for our darkest and most vindictive instincts
other similar sites still persist
Moore is an incarnation of people's failure to deal with emotional rejection and betrayal
He is a provider of a platform and and audience for hate
But not the hate itself - that comes from you
so what should you do? Let Hunter Moore go free...
and show him that forgiveness
is more powerful than revenge
It's fun, isn't it, to chuck birds against a shed
on your phone, tablet or laptop
but now such innocent joy could mean you're giving up your personal data
to the secret services
According to new info leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
The National Security Agency uses Angry Birds and Google Maps to scoop up
information about users' age, whereabouts and *** preferences
according to The New York Times and The Guardian
Yes - how you catapult a bird against a pig
could reveal if you're gay, straight
or sling both ways.
Users of Androids and iPhones are vulnerable because they have apps which store data
which is collected by the NSA's social engineering division
the British spy hub GCHQ has tools
against smartphones which are named after different characters in The Smurfs
the ability to listen in to conversations is called 'Nosey Smurf'
High precision geolocation is called 'Tracker Smurf'
and the spywares' self-hiding capabilities are called 'Paranoid Smurf'
Now I am not the biggest fan of the little blue creatures from Belgium
But
I don't think those are their real names
anyway next time you try to blow swine to pieces, remember
those pigs know where you live
The Red Couch is brought to you by Cyberghost 5
a virtual private network that gives you anonymity online
and allows you to surf the web securely