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Cameraphones Becoming Integral To Teen Dating...Because They're Used to Swap Naked Pics
Posted by Jason Chen at 4:30 AM on April 16, 2008
Did you know your teens are swapping naked pictures of themselves with their dates? We've got a few questions about how widespread this is—mainstream news sites love to take a few cases of anything and pretend it's an epidemic—but it is an interesting enough topic for us to look into. You know, teen nakedness.
According to Fox News, police detectives have "seen everything from your basic striptease to sexual acts being performed." Our new favourite job ever? Being the evidence inspector on teen naked picture swapping cases.
"A lot more girls are aggressive," said Ray, 18. "Some girls are crazy and they are putting themselves out there."
And then...
Male teens are also doing it.For instance, a central Ohio high school teen made a sexual cell phone video of himself and sent it to female classmates. One of the girls forwarded the Westerville South High School's video to at least 30 other people.
Here's a question for you.

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jackfrost132
Posted 5:27 AM 16/4/08
@Jason Chen: Pay pr0n sites? You sadden me Chenster.
www.youporn.com
www.redtube.com
And finally www.imagefap.com (This is where all those naughty teen cell pics end up)
@xanderjanz: Microsoft Zune guy?
jackfrost132
mmcdermot
Posted 5:26 AM 16/4/08
I work for a school district and last month I dealt with our first "known" nude cell phone pix. She sent it to her boyfriend who then shared it with all his friends...they just don't understand what happens on the web stays on the web...forever.
mmcdermot
tyskkvinna
Posted 5:26 AM 16/4/08
Teens have been taking naked pictures of themselves and swapping them with prospective hotties since the dawn of the camera. They're right on top of this one.
tyskkvinna
SigmundTheSeaMonster
Posted 5:23 AM 16/4/08
@heloman: The ex worked at GeekSquad, I take it...
SigmundTheSeaMonster
thailion
Posted 5:21 AM 16/4/08
Teen horniness is not a crime.
-Krysta NOW.
thailion
Curves
Posted 5:21 AM 16/4/08
None of this is new, dont you people chat? Camera phones suck, so if youre going to do it, use something with a higher MP.
Not that I would do that. O:)
Curves
corhou99
Posted 5:20 AM 16/4/08
I hope many answered "No" the general super gadget/geek people as a whole are scarey looking.
i think i insulted myself
addy is not included in this grouping
corhou99
DJTripleRRR
Posted 5:19 AM 16/4/08
DJTripleRRR
mr30gZune
Posted 5:17 AM 16/4/08
WHOA!!! wait a minute. theres a cell phone that works in water??
can giz do a piece on that?
i know i can search for it myself, but then what good would giz be to me if i did that?
mr30gZune
Orion_of_Chaos
Posted 5:16 AM 16/4/08
Orion_of_Chaos
seym0ur caKe
Posted 5:15 AM 16/4/08
@rexplex: Where in the hell do you work?
seym0ur caKe
heloman
Posted 5:13 AM 16/4/08
This girl I just started dating, told me the other night that her ex was showing a video of something they had done together in the shower. She was none to happy and I'm not sure what to think. People are stupid.
heloman
hatchetman751
Posted 5:12 AM 16/4/08
What? People are using new technology to make porn?
DATS CRAZY!?!?!?
Kids don't do this at home. There are already enough sites with pics of ex wives/husbands. It doesn't take much for your vag to become e-famous.
hatchetman751
seym0ur caKe
Posted 5:12 AM 16/4/08
@potohead1: ......Weirdo?
seym0ur caKe
Sora57
Posted 5:11 AM 16/4/08
The pic is from a waterproof cell phone article Giz reported on last year.
Here's the link:
[gizmodo.com]
Sora57
jutzuro
Posted 5:10 AM 16/4/08
jutzuro
Step666
Posted 5:09 AM 16/4/08
@nutbastard: if you find out, please share.
Step666
Papsky
Posted 5:08 AM 16/4/08
I wonder how many teens sent these pictures accidentally to their mom, dad, grandma?
I know at least a few instances where a friend of mine was gettin naughty pics from a girl he knew and was sharing them with a room full a people.
It was kinda funny seeing the pics of her "trying" to pose...
Papsky
diverguy
Posted 5:08 AM 16/4/08
With my cameraphone? No.
diverguy
robman84
Posted 5:05 AM 16/4/08
Ok, then be prepared for this. Kids as young as 4 and 5 are showing members of the opposite sex their "bits" in response to being shown the others. Shocking. A sign of the times. Scandalous. This didn't happen in my day.
Oh, wait. Yes it did.
robman84
xint
Posted 5:03 AM 16/4/08
I dunno what to say about this.
I advice so many people, everyday, and they don't really listen.
Most devices I assess have a lot of unprofessional material on them anyway, users just dont do a great job at hiding things...
...and if I get creative and run recovery programs, there's no telling what I can find...
Documents can be recovered from pretty much anything, so the next time you think that pic is really deleted, you're wrong...
Well... maybe fire... yeah... fire takes care of it... LOL
xint
sgodun
Posted 5:02 AM 16/4/08
Because I have an IQ that's higher than vanilla pudding, I have answered "NO" to today's vote.
sgodun
Zenshai
Posted 5:01 AM 16/4/08
Hey, wait a minute. Is that phone waterproof?
Zenshai
Darrone
Posted 5:00 AM 16/4/08
Darrone
SigmundTheSeaMonster
Posted 4:58 AM 16/4/08
"Perhaps as a parent, you aren't aware. That. Your teens are using their cellphones for more than texting. That phone has become the next thing to safe sex. Its called "sexting" and its taken the teens by storm. in "sexting", a teen girl will take a photo of her naked body and or body part and send it off to friend or group of friends. Mostly male. Your teen daughter or son is out of control. This is Stone Philips. "
Um. My cell doesn't have a wide enough lens to fit my junk on it. :(
SigmundTheSeaMonster
Hiphopopotamus
Posted 4:56 AM 16/4/08
Hiphopopotamus
Aleung
Posted 4:54 AM 16/4/08
Mine is too small for my 2M pixel camera on my cell phone. I need a macro on a 10M pixel camera to see anything in 14" x 22" print.
Aleung
JesusBeanBag
Posted 4:50 AM 16/4/08
This is a horrible prelude to a dateline special.
JesusBeanBag
xanderjanz
Posted 4:49 AM 16/4/08
925 348 - 1848
.....................................................Ladies
xanderjanz
animal2185yosh
Posted 4:48 AM 16/4/08
So glad I'm not a Teen anymore. It's too hard to keep up with the things that are "In". What ever happened to going out on a date to meet someone.
animal2185yosh
Jamez
Posted 4:48 AM 16/4/08
Oh, I thought we were all supposed to vote yes. Damnit, nobody sent me a memo. I want another fox news media scandal!
Jamez
cashoverass
Posted 4:47 AM 16/4/08
i think some people may not be honest with this one.
why dont you ask how many people have GOTTEN n0oDz and you may get a different answer
cashoverass
nutbastard
Posted 4:46 AM 16/4/08
"A lot more girls are aggressive," said Ray, 18. "Some girls are crazy and they are putting themselves out there."
WHERE???
nutbastard
rexplex
Posted 4:46 AM 16/4/08
My cellphone camera is worthless (0.1MP) & the GF prefers the DSLR for this task (lucky me!), but I see a lot of this in my office.
My office for God's sake.
rexplex
shamoononon
Posted 4:46 AM 16/4/08
She has a water proof camera phone?
shamoononon
NDub
Posted 4:45 AM 16/4/08
I won't believe it till I see it......
... so Giz Girls, my cell phone number is... :P
NDub
Jason Chen
Posted 4:44 AM 16/4/08
@monkeyrotica: [www.camwithher.com] (NSFW)
Jason Chen
Sean Harrington
Posted 4:44 AM 16/4/08
...and that question would be what, Jason?
Sean Harrington
Coder4Life
Posted 4:44 AM 16/4/08
whats the big deal here? I don't get it.
It's a camera people..
Coder4Life
monkeyrotica
Posted 4:39 AM 16/4/08
So what's the URL for the site that's collecting all these camfone videos? Just so I know where to AVOID them, y'know.
monkeyrotica
potohead1
Posted 4:39 AM 16/4/08
In a good way.
potohead1
potohead1
Posted 4:39 AM 16/4/08
Oh how do you tease us with this beauty would you please, please, please,please tell us who she is or where to get this picture please!!!
She is making an appearance again on your site and she is still hunting my dreams.
potohead1
Molbork
Posted 4:38 AM 16/4/08
Awkward!
Molbork
nutbastard
Posted 5:55 AM 16/4/08
IT just occurred to me that with the right timing, you could send the cops in on someone for having kiddy porn on their phone, which conveniently shows up as they bust down the door.
Planting illegal shit on people has taken a major technological stride forward.
nutbastard
ph15h
Posted 5:53 AM 16/4/08
Guess people didn't know what kids did with Emails gotten from Myspace and hacked photobuckets...
ph15h
xint
Posted 5:51 AM 16/4/08
I'd like to formally request the name of the girl on the picture.
pls, name, kthnxbai!
xint
mr30gZune
Posted 5:51 AM 16/4/08
@PenitentPenguin:
I blame the MTV and the Diet Cokes
mr30gZune
nutbastard
Posted 5:49 AM 16/4/08
@mr30gZune:
They already did.
[gizmodo.com]
nutbastard
Daniel
Posted 5:49 AM 16/4/08
As a teenager, I would like to throw in that I've heard of this/ seen this twice...
Not too widespread where I am at least.
Daniel
Jimbuck
Posted 5:47 AM 16/4/08
It's that sexy female talking on the cellphone in the tub again! *fap fap fap*
Jimbuck
Kyang
Posted 5:45 AM 16/4/08
That picture is inappropriate.
Kyang
PenitentPenguin
Posted 5:41 AM 16/4/08
Yes...yes i have...and yes..im 19..and yes...i know ALOT of people that have done it to...
maybe my generation is less taboo about sex?
aka...horny bastards.
I blame the MTV
PenitentPenguin
LoganSix
Posted 5:37 AM 16/4/08
So, how many more kids will try this now that they've seen it on the news?
LoganSix
N@tedog
Posted 5:36 AM 16/4/08
I've RECEIVED naked pictures of girls... where's that option?
N@tedog
yogibimbi
Posted 5:34 AM 16/4/08
@sgodun: ooops
yogibimbi
cmsjustin
Posted 5:32 AM 16/4/08
I know a guy, late 40's, wealthy, makes six figures doing sales. His wife sends him porn when shes bored.
cmsjustin
axiomatic
Posted 5:32 AM 16/4/08
There you go again Jason Chen!
If you keep using this picture I'll never get to read your article.... I know you said something, but I just can't seem to focus on anything but the picture.
(cheers!)
axiomatic
giyad
Posted 5:30 AM 16/4/08
well, heres the thing, I bet 95% of these people taking pictures of themselves, you don't want to see anyway....
but heres a funny story. I was working at a bar in Perth, Western Australia for 3 months. My friend lost his cellphone so he used one of the ones we found at the bar. Guess what was on there, yup, naked pictures of the persons girl friend (who luckily was very hot). So, moral of the story, if your going to take pics of people naked, or yourself, make sure you don't lose your phone!!
giyad
wizardofpants
Posted 5:30 AM 16/4/08
@Darrone: those don't exist, the story was a work of fiction that got ballooned by the news (refer to remark about 'epidemics' on the news networks from the giz writeup).
and just so you geniuses know: if you get caught with one of those teen photos on your phone, and said teen is not 18, guess where your new cell mate is gonna put HIS manhood.
parents want to stop this? turn off photo sharing on your family plan.
wizardofpants
Abnormal
Posted 5:28 AM 16/4/08
@sgodun: You think vanilla pudding has an IQ?
Abnormal
mferrari
Posted 6:31 AM 16/4/08
I'm 14 and have never heard of this happening, ever. It really is much more common (and better) to see lady parts in person. And, I really don't see why parents think this is so bad. Wouldn't phone sex (picture sex?) be less bad then the real thing?
One more thing,
IT'S FOX-FUCKING-NEWS!
Did you really expect a well researched and true story?
@nutbastard: and that "from" part at the top is a dead giveaway that you had kiddie porn, too.
mferrari
CTJoyce
Posted 6:24 AM 16/4/08
@dragonmojo:
Sony W900 series, 5.0Mp and there are others.
Anyway I've used a camera phone to snap pics, but its not usually of me....and usually we use the Rebel for that anyway
CTJoyce
alukard
Posted 6:20 AM 16/4/08
@jackfrost132:
thanks for educating them. you'd think with a sister site like fleshbot they'd know a thing or two.
The story is true and old news by now. Since two years ago vids and pics of these young breeders have been circulating the web like wildfire and 95% of them are girls showing themselves off without qualms. Youtube is a softcore version, see how many booty shaking, semi strip show and sneaked in flashing there is there.
When i was a teen, we did this kinda thing in the bike shed behind the school, this current myspace generation love the publicity.
alukard
dragonmojo
Posted 6:16 AM 16/4/08
Not until they come out with at least a 4.0Mp camera phone. It's all in the details.
dragonmojo
EricMerrill
Posted 6:09 AM 16/4/08
I stuck my phone down my pants and took a picture once. It somehow came out looking like Jimi Hendrix. Some friends were over and alchohol was involved.
EricMerrill
Josh_Geyer
Posted 6:04 AM 16/4/08
Naked pictures of me should be taken in a way that makes me look good. NOT with a blurry, noisy, VGA camera phone.
:D
Josh_Geyer
Glamdering
Posted 6:02 AM 16/4/08
I've never done it, but I also don't send pics on my phone. I've had more than my fair share of buddies though either talk about, or share pics they've received. So, yes - it's happening in a pretty decent way.
Glamdering
rudeadly
Posted 5:59 AM 16/4/08
Once I worked at a gamestop as a teen, many years ago. There was a product nintendo put out that was a b&w gameboy camera, that also had a sticker printer. Once a girl traded in that very peripheral, and much to our amusement- forgot to delete the dozens of naked pictures of her off of it. Needless to say the stock room of that gamestop had stickers or her boob all over it that summer.
rudeadly
ph15h needs followers
Posted 5:58 AM 16/4/08
Ever since the first camera phone, there's been naked pictures taken on them. Either sent over the network (eww?) or reloaded onto the computer to be sent.
ph15h needs followers
nikkomorocco
Posted 5:57 AM 16/4/08
i'll admit it, i've taken pics of myself and sent them to the wife while she is away. i havent been burned yet (to my knowledge) but her friends did see the bait and tackle once at a bachelorette party. i just make sure she deletes them when she gets home and i delete them immediately after i take them.
i'm a guy, the last thing i'm ashamed of is my dong.
nikkomorocco
Lupison
Posted 5:56 AM 16/4/08
"So, how many more kids will try this now that they've seen it on the news? "
So instead of being born in the 70s where there was "free love" for all. And instaed of being born to be old enough for the "cyber sex" era, I have to be born and raised during the prudent generation that came in between where I had to jack off to porn downloading one line of pixels at a time?
Lupison
potohead1
Posted 7:00 AM 16/4/08
@seym0ur caKe:
Well I think that she is a goegeous woman and just wanted to see more of her that's all.
potohead1
mr30gZune
Posted 6:58 AM 16/4/08
@nutbastard:
thanks for that
mr30gZune
microe
Posted 6:54 AM 16/4/08
This was an oppurtunity for Giz to enumerate on the 'no' answer. For example:
[ ] No, because I only have a 5 megapixel camera and that is not nearly enough pixels to display all of my manlihood.
[ ] No, and you should thank my non-exercising ass
[ ] No, but since I am one of the three females who hang out at Giz you probably wish I did.
[ ] No, since I am one of the three females who hang out at Giz you are probably glad I didn't.
[ ] No, Crying Game - C'mon.
[ ] No, I usually sketch naughty pictures on my hand-made paper and send them via carrier pigeon.
microe
BigViper
Posted 6:35 AM 16/4/08
all i know is this a long way from having to go out into the woods and dig up the old playboy's in ziplock bags just to see a little nudity when I was growing up.
The funny part tho is I can't wait for the first poor dumb shit that sends something like this to either of my kids..... seeing as thier dad is a biker internet geek :) with a twisted sense of vengance
BigViper
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 6:33 AM 16/4/08
Oh SHI- 25% already did?
And this is a gadget blog!
That's it. I'm quitting the internets!
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
dosguy
Posted 7:36 AM 16/4/08
@mferrari:
Why do you think they call it "Faux News?"
dosguy
kaneshadow
Posted 7:34 AM 16/4/08
kaneshadow
jaredluse
Posted 7:30 AM 16/4/08
I have had this often. It is great. Times when my girl would surprise me at work with a dirty picture message. Now it has to be in an e mail. Damn iPhone. lol ;-)
jaredluse
justhatoneguy
Posted 7:13 AM 16/4/08
my dad owns a private computer service and repair company and one of his clients brought in his treo to be service. this guy is in his late forties and one of the technicians found outgoing messages with pics(he was trying to back the treo up). needless to say the guy found out, freaked, and threatened legal action. unfortunately the contract he signed when turning the phone of from repair exempted us from any of that. still an awesome story though.
justhatoneguy
Argyle
Posted 7:12 AM 16/4/08
Argyle
darundal
Posted 7:51 AM 16/4/08
Disturbingly enough, I have run across naked pictures of my stepmother on my fathers phone. Damn them both.
darundal
rimshot515
Posted 7:45 AM 16/4/08
@microe: best comment of the day. or month. by far
rimshot515
oo0cyst0oo
Posted 7:39 AM 16/4/08
im glad when i voted i was in the majority with a no. a PHONE!?! c'mon now, at least use a webcam.
oo0cyst0oo
GOKOR
Posted 8:25 AM 16/4/08
I had a co-worker at my old radio station who had to report some teen girl to the cops because she kept trying to send him naked pictures of herself.
She would call the station during his show, then he would receive emails from her with pictures of herself attached (he always had his email open during show). Bad part was, he was 40, has a wife and kids, and was a teacher at a middle school, so this 15 year old slut could have gotten him in some serious trouble if he didn't have proof that she was stalking him.
GOKOR
GOKOR
Posted 8:17 AM 16/4/08
@shamoononon: She has a water proof camera phone?
No, she's just really dumb and ruined her phone.
GOKOR
luciusad2004
Posted 8:16 AM 16/4/08
@nutbastard: Genius!, Im forwarding your idea to president bush. The republicans have to do SOMETHING to stamp out the bad guys before they leave office.
I must say though, the idea of getting in legal trouble for possession of a picture that some 16 year old girl took OF HERSELF and sent to you... is a little ridiculous. I mean, if the girl is old enough to know what she's doing and takes the pics herself... why should someone else spend time in jail for something she decided on her own to do.
luciusad2004
dizzydj
Posted 8:15 AM 16/4/08
People do that all the time...
Working in a cell phone place you see stupid things like that all the time. (When people put junk like that as their background for their phone and then you open the phone and they get red in the face and then ask for it back immediately its because they remember their background was them in the nude...)
I would have to say its extremely common.
dizzydj
thechansen
Posted 8:14 AM 16/4/08
Some girl at the school I work at sent a picture to her boy friend of her doing inappropriate things to a water bottle. Being a guy, the boyfriend sent it around to everyone at the school. She ended up having to transfer to a school in a different county.
After I split with my fiancee, the girl (who was an ex I got back together with) i was dating sent me a pic of herself in lingerie. I asked her "Who in their mid twenties sends stuff like that??" She got pissed... Then a month later while on vacation I see a new message on her phone from her ex. To my dismay, its a video message, of him jerkin' it. I guess I got the answer to my question and I drove home from South Carolina solo.
thechansen
gokusfanclub
Posted 9:13 AM 16/4/08
@nutbastard: highschools in suburban areas. or at least that had been my experience
gokusfanclub
SpitfireM1
Posted 9:09 AM 16/4/08
FYI, here in Utah there has been an ongoing case involving several high school students and this type of activity - some are in trouble of being prosecuted under child pornography laws and such.
Link to an article describing the case:
[deseretnews.com]
SpitfireM1
MastaFalse
Posted 9:06 AM 16/4/08
I hate people >.>,
The pictures will be out there, people will ridicule them, and when they look for someone else to blame the inevitable problems on, they'll have only themselves, 'cause nobody wants to hang around with 'em.
MastaFalse
yablunk
Posted 9:03 AM 16/4/08
Fuckin Fox news, stfu.
yablunk
HibikiRush
Posted 8:57 AM 16/4/08
MOAR WIN!
Anonib.com ftw.
HibikiRush
liveinvt
Posted 8:54 AM 16/4/08
Gotta love sending pr0n of yourself unencrypted over a personally-identifiable channel and creating a static copy on the destination device.. that can be reproduced, forwarded, printed, etc.
Hilarious.
And, apparently, Sicknick doesn't have a daughter.
liveinvt
sicknick
Posted 8:43 AM 16/4/08
Of course I've done it, and I lvoe getting nakey pics from the girls I date. Got two today from one while she was in the bathroom at work.
Basically, pics or it didn't happen is the new slogan for the internet. Hook up with a girl at the bar? Better take photos. Get head on your way home? Photos again.
As for underage girls, well, just goes to rpove that 18 shouldn't be the line between sexual and non-sexual. I honestly haven't met anyone in the 18-25 age bracket who wasn't at least giving head at 13-17. Time to abolish that line and let the freaks be freaky as early as they want.
Both girls I'm dating right now actively searched for older men to scrump with, either by internet or heavy flirting. It's a lot more common then you might think, and the girls, as the article says, are very aggressive.
sicknick
mastermatoro
Posted 10:15 AM 16/4/08
My Girl friend never did that, bastard >>
mastermatoro
wizzledizzle
Posted 10:34 AM 16/4/08
so if your under 18 and you do that and send it out, would you get busted for child porn?
wizzledizzle
Jesse in Japan
Posted 10:46 AM 16/4/08
In Japan, there have been criminal cases in which a guy in his 20s or 30s or even 40s pretends to be a teenager and talks some underage girl into sending a naked picture of herself and then demanding sex with threats of sending the photo to everyone in her school.
Jesse in Japan
lonewolf333
Posted 11:40 AM 16/4/08
@jackfrost132: Dude you read my mind
lonewolf333
joch
Posted 12:33 PM 16/4/08
need one of those Courvoisier phones for this
joch
Narfmaster
Posted 8:30 PM 16/4/08
Erm. No. The phone on my camera is shit anyway.
Narfmaster
Vekter
Posted 1:12 AM 17/4/08
Nah, I've never taken a naked pic of me with my cameraphone.
Now, with my digital camera...
Vekter
TurboFool
Posted 2:27 AM 17/4/08
Wait, this ISN'T the primary purpose of a camera phone? Jeez, I've got to find more things to do with mine. Next you'll tell me the internet's not primarily for downloading porn, and expensive cars aren't just for getting laid.
TurboFool
mttkauffman
Posted 3:15 AM 17/4/08
WAIT A SECOND!?!?! They make cellphones with cameras!?
mttkauffman