What's a Creepshot you ask?
If you don't already know, then I'm about to ruin your day, week, and general sense of security. A Creepshot is a photo taken of you without your knowledge, which is then usually circulated on the Internet to either mock, sexualize, or photoshop.
All of this is without your consent, and can actually get pretty scary with threads like "photoshop this picture of a girl so she looks naked." I shit you not, websites like this exist. I would link for proof, but I don't want to propagate any further traffic to that bullshit.
The very idea that something like this not only exists, but is organized and available freely through the Internet is terrifying.
Can you imagine how easily one could ruin another person's life through photo manipulation? Not to mention the overall ick factor.
This of course is the extreme end of creepshots and is generally not the main drive for taking photos on the sly.
Many of you nice people may come to realize you contribute to this fad by endorsing websites like People of Walmart. This is actually the most common application of stealth photography I have encountered in my ventures through the Internet, and I must confess, I too used to participate in the viewing and laughter at unknowing people.
Then I actually thought about the concept for a minute and realized how violated I would feel if I popped up on one of these pages - whether it was PoW, kandid hotties, or worse, a porn manipulation page.
Pretty upsetting, right? It's all fun and games when it's "someone else," but once it's you, shit gets serious.
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