BOYFRIEND'S PICS UP ON WEBSITES

LegacyUser

Last Tuesday I came across about 10 websites with my boyfriends details on it from gay websites to RIP websites , I freaked out, he has been so upset, it seems someone has taken his picture from Facebook and created incriminating embarrassing profiles, he has lost sleep all this week because of what this person/ people have done, his job would require him doing a lot of hiring & firing and he doesn't know If it's someone out for revenge, I think the details are too personal (only something an ex would know) but he said there's nobody in the past he's upset that much, we are up the walls with worry,we thought about going to the police but my boyfriend just wanted them take down & forgotten about. I on the other hand want to find them , anyway 90% website profiles have been taken down and I am terrified that however it is will keep going it with different usernames and we wouldn't find it somebody we know could...
I'm asking if anyone else has been a victim of this . I never realised how dangerous the Internet is until this point

things like this make me so happy that i dont do stupid crap like facebook!! (hate that site! )

id imagine deleting them all/getting onto the websites would be sufficient.
doubt the Gardai could do anything for you, dont see any laws broken in this.

lessons learned id say, maybe keep things more private. wouldnt worry too much once they're all gone.

LegacyUser

I'm telling you, Facebook and other popular websites have a lot to answer for , also wondering what kind of person would go this far for revenge? I personally think a fella wouldn't go to that much effort and if it was a 'joke' surely they would have put his name on it, they have put a username from an email he used to use about a year ago, then I think why would a girl do it? As they are dated from Aug last year I wonder did something happen & he's not telling me about it & that's why he wants me to forget about it. I'm so paranoid that someone will come across these websites and think he is gay or bi-sexual or in some websites into transgenders, even the RIP one isn't that bad ( sorry I know that's awful) at least you can explain to people that some sicko has put it up...and I now I'm starting to think what kind of person must he be if people really hate him that much to do this to him.

ennis81

Absolutely disgusting behaviour I would be fuming god love your boyfriend, it sounds like a woman defo although men can be extremely malicious aswell. Do you know anyone who is good with IT They should be able to tell you the IP Address these accounts were created from, I don't think you should let your mind run away with you yet, maybe he did nothing, you shouldn't be so quick to judge him, I had a horrible encounter with a girl who befriended me a few years ago, long story short she was an nutter I told her I didn't want to be friends with her anymore and man did she go crazy, she caused me a whole heap of trouble and I never did anything to warrant it, it was horrible I still get the creeps when I think of her.

ongarboy

I would actually consider this a form of identity theft which I understand is a crime. I acknowledge your BF just wants to end this and maybe not pursue it further but I actually think you should go to the Gardai about this. The fact that info about him was falsely uploaded to RIP makes it even more sinister.

Whomever instigated this obviously has a screw loose and I think they need to suffer the consequences of their awful actions. I suggest you get your BF to contact the Gardai on this.

LegacyUser

Thank you for all your replies, you see that's what I think, this is illegal stealing some bodies details but then my boyfriend said this is why all the privacy settings changed on FB, The minute you put a picture up it's not yours anymore it belongs to everyone, anyone can take it, but who would know he has tattoos on his back or that he is 5ft 10 or he is a Leo.. .. We keep to ourselves don't really go drinking that much , we have a close set of friends it's just so bizarre. Whoever it is doing it really has got what they wanted

ronjo

I may be totally wrong her but I dont suppose there is any chance he put the profile up on the gay websites himself?

I guess it doesnt make sense what I wrote unless he did the others to cover himself.

Aha,sorry I just reread and saw you found them all at the same time so I am most likely wrong.

gerryk

Reply3 wrote: »

The minute you put a picture up it's not yours anymore it belongs to everyone, anyone can take it

This is not entirely true. A photograph is the intellectual property of the photographer. Posting online does not automatically transfer ownership, or place the image in the public domain.

There is, however, no criminal aspect to this, it is purely civil, so the gardai won't have any power, or interest, for that matter, in any of this.

You can issue a take-down notice to the website owners, which they will generally honour. Send them an email documenting your concerns, and you should get a positive response. Trying to find out who posted them would be a difficult matter, involving subpoenas and so forth.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer

gerryk

What to do?! wrote: »

I never realised how dangerous the Internet is until this point

bubblypop wrote: »

things like this make me so happy that i dont do stupid crap like facebook!!

This has nothing to do with Facebook or the Internet, beyond their ubiquity and supposed anonymity. Idiots are idiots online or offline... before the Internet, there was workplace and pub gossip, and before that, well... I'm sure you get the picture.

dannyc31

this is scary stuff. thats why i reckon it will be more occurrences like this that will be the final death nail in facebook and similar. do not buy shares thats for one thing.

if i were him i would delete my facebook and any other social media account he may have. the problem with facebook is they are now linking themselves to every web page you visit and you can easily be revealing personal details for everyone to see without even realizing it. a recipe for disaster.

Kimia

I too would be wondering if this is just a cover story for the facts which is that he put the profiles up himself. I mean, you said yourself a lot of these details are so private you have no idea how anyone would know them. Have you thought about maybe he's put them up himself?

Lorna123

Okay, that's it, I am deleting my Facebook page. I always thought it was a bit dodgy but now it has been confirmed. Facebook has a lot to answer for.

LegacyUser

A malicious group of people did something similar to me, posting a photograph obtained without my consent and detailing my place of work and my address. The result of this has been a free-for-all campaign of bullying/harrassment, intimidation, criminal damage and slander.They have made my life and now my work intolerable.

I dont even have a facebook account so do not assume that closing your or your boyfriend's pages will get rid of the problem. If somebody decides to continue to malign him they can do so, easily and anonomously, and he won't be able to do too much about it.

AnonoBoy

Lorna123 wrote: »

Facebook has a lot to answer for.

This is not Facebook's fault. If the people had got his photo from a newspaper, scanned it and put it up online would "newspapers have a lot to answer for"?

The truth of the matter is the person to blame for this is whoever started putting his photo up on these websites. The annoying thing is that they have the photo and can use it again but hopefully will not.

There are reverse image search services such as: http://www.tineye.com/ that will show you where an image appears online. I think you should use this OP, it will alert you to any futher uses of the image of your boyfriend.

If it persists and they start to give any details about your boyfriend then it's time to get the Gardai involved.