- “Nearly 800,000 accounts for popular porn site Brazzers have been exposed in a data breach. Although the data originated from the company’s separate forum, Brazzers users who never signed up to the forum may also find their details included in the dump.”
* Nearly 800,000 Brazzers Porn Site Accounts Exposed in Forum Hack (Motherboard/Vice)
- “According to investigators, between 2011 and March 2016, Ryan J. Vallee [used] aliases like Seth Williams and James McRow, Vallee to engage in anonymous communications with his victims, threatening to release data he found, unless victims provided sexually explicit images of them or their friends… According to a signed plea agreement, Vallee said he often took over his victim’s social media accounts, locking the owners out. In cases where the victim did not respond to his threats, he defaced the accounts with compromising content.”
* Hacker Pleads Guilty to “Sextortion” of over a Dozen Female Victims (Softpedia)
- “Hot on the heels of his acclaim for creating an astonishing robot replica of actress Scarlett Johansson, Hong Kong inventor Ricky Ma Wai-kay says he is working on a guide that will allow practically anyone to create their own lifelike sexbot.”
* ‘Scarlett Johansson’ Robot Inventor Creating DIY Sexbot Guide (Future of Sex)
- “A total of 206 people [in the UK] have been prosecuted under the new “revenge porn” law since it came into effect in April last year, the report by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has revealed.”
* 206 people prosecuted under new ‘revenge porn’ law (Wired UK)
- “NYU law professor Art Leonard reports that several states have laws making online impersonation a crime, and a Texas appeals court recently upheld the constitutionality of the state’s statute, which makes the offense a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.”
* Why You Shouldn’t Create a Fake Profile on a Gay Hookup App to Get Back at Your Ex (Towleroad)
- “The way that the question ‘is porn actually damaging our brains?’ is so often presented as a roughly 50/50 argument. On one side: people like me who love porn (or people who make it) bleating sadly about the loss of our livelihoods/hobbies. On the other side: brave crusaders for truth who are opening our eyes to the dangers with their shocking stats and stories of addiction. Except – obviously – it’s a bit more complicated than that”
* The porn debate: false balance in sex reporting (Girl on the Net)
- Warning for survivors of violent assault and trauma. “In light of the recent ModelMayhem.com opinion by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a Nevada woman who was nearly killed by her online date can pursue “failure to warn” claims against dating site Match.com.”
* ModelMayhem Ruling Allows Another ‘Failure to Warn’ Case to Move Forward (XBIZ)
- “The Emojibator isn’t only about a tumescent vegetable being used to achieve millennial pleasure. Rather, the researchers behind the product have tapped into cultural quirks specific to the millennial generation: we have fewer sex with partners than past generations and we’d rather not deal with people face-to-face.”
* Now you can have sex with the eggplant emoji (Salon)
- Am I the only person who does a bug and cam sweep when they stay someplace outside their home? “The most popular shared confession on secret-sharing project PostSecret this week was the revelation: “I swap hidden sex videos with other Airbnb hosts.” There is no way of knowing whether the confession is legitimate, as the PostSecret ethos is to allow people to post their deepest and darkest thoughts anonymously.”
* This Airbnb host has made a VERY revealing confession (Mirror UK)
- “Scientists spent six months looking into why people living in the tiny community [Acciaroli in Italy, where one in 10 locals lives past 100-years-old] seemed to live so long, and how they ended up basically immune to medical conditions like dementia and heart disease. … And it turns out to be all down to a great sex life, and a good Mediterranean diet based on olive oil and rich in fresh fruit, vegetables and fish.”
* Rampant sex is the secret to living past the age of 100 (Metro UK)
- “Today’s post is about Pornspot, which in billing itself as “the adult social network with free porn videos and free live cams” is making a play for the adult social networking market. … For instance, if you need “anal carrots” there might only be one video on the site that’s just what you’re looking for, but that tag will take you straight to the carrot-equipped “Anal Lesbians Dressed Up Like Wascally Wabbits” that you didn’t even know you were looking for …”
* Pornspot: Adult Social Networking (ErosBlog: The Sex Blog)
