Originally Posted by
phantomotap
Has your girlfriend ever given you a gift in the form of a nude/scantily clad snapshot? That image, despite being a completely innocent loving gesture, can easily be used to hurt you. Even if you and your girlfriend are extreme exhibitionists, someone like me could easily use that image to hurt you. If nothing else, all one has to do is post it on the ".............. of the internet" where the trolls will do the work of "causing harm" by tracking your girlfriends contacts down and harassing her for reasons.
Is your schedule automatically linked with your compute? (You'll see that as "automatic login" and similar.) Is your girlfriends schedule similarly automatically linked? You may not have anyone in your life you are afraid of seeing, but do you really want me to paint you a picture of what terrible harm could be done with that information?
What about social media? Does your computer not ask you to "login" to "Facebook" or whatever? In only a few hours, a person skilled with "social engineering" could completely ruin your standing with your associates. You may have a strong relationship with family and close friends, but could you convince potential employers that you were "hacked" as opposed to just an racist, sexist jerk? Even if seemingly temporary at first, a few hours of someone malicious wearing your mask could leave you with a lifelong smell not all of your friends and family will be able to ignore no matter how much you protest.
The potential harm you face doesn't have to be jail time; it could be something as simple, and horrifying, as people calling you and your girlfriend at all hours seeking pornographic encounters or offering threats on your lives.
If you think you are "man enough" to "deal with it" for a few days, let me save you the embarrassment by just going ahead and telling you that you are not.