If you are worried with the latest news about naked photo leaks at Internet, then you will probably have your reasons. How can you protect your very personal selfies or the most forbidden third-person photos of yours? You can try one of the following ways.
1. Do not take naked pictures
Although it's not really a practical advice, it's the only effective way to protect 100%. Even if you can not live with it and you absolutely want naked shots (it's your right) let's see what other options are there.
2. If you have to take bare pictures do not upload them online
Encrypt them on your hard drive. Make prints in your own darkroom. Only share them with people you trust. But you should know that once the photos leave the "security" of your computer and get into someone else's hands or eyes, nothing is certain. If your ex is particularly vindictive and frequents 4chan, you can know what's coming next. If you really need to share your personal photos, here are the ones better preventive measures you can take. The optimistic scenario is that you've found someone you trust completely to share it with.
3. If you need to upload naked photos to a cloud service
A. Enable two-step authentication
We have repeatedly mentioned the importance of two-step verification for your safety. Especially if your cloud services use your valuable files. It's really the best way right now to protect your account from attacks Brute Force.
With two-factor authentication, anyone trying to log into your account from an unknown device will need to have a code that's usually sent to your phone before gaining access. Fortunately, almost every major service on the internet offers this much-needed feature. Let us mention that although it is the most safes protection method at this time, we should always keep in mind a basic principle: “Whatever locks – unlocks.” Or finding a zero day that breaks security is always possible.
B. Encrypt your files before uploading them That way, even if someone manages to get their hands on your precious files, they won't be able to do anything with them. THE encryption files (in this case, JPEG files) is a very easy process, which means there's no reason not to. Services like Boxcryptor work directly with the most important cloud services. So all you have to do is drag your personal files into a special folder, which will encrypt them before sending them to the cloud of your choice.
The only way someone can decrypt your files is with one key which you can make available to whoever is interested. This means that if someone happens to be in your cloud they won't be able to see your files.
4. If you need to upload your personal files to social networks
A. First of all, do not do it
It is undoubtedly the easiest way to be sure you are in danger. Even Snapchat, which prides itself on securing your photos, has been violated. But if you want to upload them please read below.
B. Going Again: Use 2-Step Authentication.
Sorry for repetitions but we mention it again because of the seriousness of the issue. All major social networks like Facebook and Twitter, have the security feature. Just use it.
C. Keep in mind that photos on social media do not turn out so easily A photo does not go away so easily. Even if you do not see it, it does not mean it does not exist. Even in services that promise to instantly erase your photos (see Snapchat) one can always get one screenshot of your snap.
5. If you have an iPhone, deleting the photo from your phone is not enough
It may seem convenient to have your photos automatically sent to the cloud every time you pull a new one, but the same ease can get them. As Jérôme Segura, senior security researcher of Malwarebytes, through e-mail in Gizmodo:
Some celebrities thought that their sensitive photos had been deleted from their Camera Album, so they had no reason to worry. Who has not lost his photos or music due to the automation of syncing his device with a computer or cloud?
So some back up systems keep the images in Picture Stream, μια ξεχωριστή συλλογή που είναι συγχρονισμένη σε πολλαπλές συσκευές. Για πολλούς, η διαγραφή μιας εικόνας είναι η λύση, αν δεν διαγράψετε όμως την εικόνα από εκεί συνεχίζει και υπάρχει.
6. If you've already uploaded your photos, you have options
The worst has already happened. Somewhere on the Internet, there are personal photos of you posted and you want to remove them. Unfortunately, you will probably never be able to delete your photos completely from the internet. But you can minimize the damage.
If you first contact the website that posted them and do not want to remove them, the next step is to use Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It will allow you to submit a takedown of files that you do not wish to circulate on the internet.
If all of this does not work, the police will be ready to intervene as needed. After all of these you probably have to think very well before you decide to pull naked selfies.