strategically cover the most private of private parts. They can
still be intimate and flirty but lack the obvious nudity that could
get you in trouble.
5) Never include your face. Of course, this is so that im-
ages are not immediately identifiable as yours but also because
certain social media sites have sophisticated facial recognition
algorithms that automatically tag you in any pictures you would
want to stay private.
6) Make sure the images do not include tattoos, birthmarks,
scars, or other features that could connect them to you. In addi-
tion, remove all jewelry before sharing. Also, consider your sur-
roundings. Bedroom pictures could, for example, include wall
art or furniture that others recognize.
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7) Turn your device’s location services off for all of your
social media apps, make sure your photos are not automatically
tagged with your location or username, and delete any meta-
data digitally attached to the image.
8) If you are being pressured or threatened to send nude
photos, collect evidence when possible. Having digital evi-
dence (such as screenshots of text messages) of any malicious-
ness or threats of sextortion will help law enforcement in their
investigation and prosecution (if necessary) and social media
sites in their flagging and deletion of accounts.
9) Use apps that provide the capability for sent images to
be automatically and securely deleted after a certain amount of
time. You can never guarantee that a screenshot was not taken,
nor that another device was not used to capture the image with-
out you being notified, but using specialized apps can decrease
the chance of distribution.
10) Be sure to promptly delete any explicit photos or videos
from your device. This applies to images you take of yourself
and images received from someone else. Having images stored
on your device increases the likelihood that someone — a par-
ent, the police, a hacker — will find them. Possessing nude im-
ages of minors may have criminal implications. In 2015, for ex-
ample, a North Carolina teen was charged with possessing child
pornography, although the image on his phone was of himself.
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