As you know, sexting consists in sending or exchanging messages of a sexual nature, whether or not accompanied by erotic or pornographic photos or videos, through the use of technology (social networks, messaging applications, etc.).
Usually this “practice” is associated with teenagers. Adults, however, engage in far more sexting than minors, although fewer do so after their thirties. These sexts are sent in a good proportion to people close to them (boyfriend, spouse) and a minority to strangers or people met on social networks.
Sexting is said to have become a part of adolescent and young adult sexuality. Some would do it to meet their partner’s demands and for fear of being abandoned. Others would find it a way of interacting that allows them to avoid physical sex or spice up their relationship.
Sexting is like taking the risk of stripping naked in front of a large crowd or walking around the street naked. There is no guarantee that your photo or video will not be shared hundreds of thousands of times.
Never forget that today’s friend can be tomorrow’s enemy.
sextortion
If you share sexually explicit photos or videos, you could be blackmailed by someone you trust or a stranger on Facebook posing as a flirtatious young woman in her 20s. These blackmailers will ask you for money or new sexual content.
One of the strategies employed by these scammers is to trick you into believing that they have compromising images or videos of you while browsing porn sites. They can even infect your system with malware that activates your webcam when you visit a porn site.
Therefore, these blackmailers have multiple blackmail strategies including tricking you into doing a striptease during a live chat on a dating site. Before you allow yourself to be seduced by this “intoxicating” experience, ask yourself: am I at risk of finding myself naked in front of millions of people, including my children and family?
The ransoms demanded can range from $10 to $7000. Giving in to blackmail is the beginning of the descent into hell. If you agree to a one-time payment, they come back.
The Agreement
Section 162(1) of the Criminal Code is clear: No one may, without their consent, disseminate, adopt, sell, transmit, publish or make available an intimate image of a person or advertise it, at the risk of being sentenced to a possible penalty of 5 years. However, the principle is simple. However, consent remains a bizarrely misunderstood concept. Strange right?
