Recently, the internet has been set ablaze after an iCloud hacker uploaded nude photos of over 100 celebrities on to the website 4chan, resulting in Apple and FBI investigations.

The emotions of people across the globe ranged from pure glee to utter outrage at the fact that this was both possible and happening.

Apple has since fixed the error that allowed for this breach of “the cloud” and many of the images have been proven fake or taken off the internet, but it is still possible to find them using a quick Google search.

This is not the first time this specific hacker has done something like this and has actually been hoarding this cache for several months. An artist is set to open an exhibit featuring all the stolen images to

“help find better ways to protect an individual’s information”.

Social media users have quickly been typing away blaming the celebrities, saying that if they didn’t take the photos in the first place they would have never been stolen.

The latter part is true…but…

There are many issues with this celebrity photo hacking incident. At it’s core, it is about celebrities being regarded not as people but as open targets for abuse.

They were victimized. Their privacy, their sexuality, and their lives were all violated…for what?!

There are two articles that we feel best explain what it really means when you open those images and why it’s wrong to do so. If there is anything good to have come out of this, it’s that so many people were outraged and have voiced their opinions.