Sexting is a common element of modern flirting, exchanging frivolous messages and intimate photos. And while text messages are relatively safe, images of your naked body can cause quite a bit of trouble when they leak online.
It is not possible to completely make the photo exchange process safe, but there are ways to reduce the risk that explicit photos will become accessible to a wide audience.
1. Don't send photos with your face
If a photograph shows both the face and genitals or breasts at the same time, this is an unsuccessful choice for sexting. The recipient may want to get everything at once. But it’s better for you to crop the image so that only selected body parts remain. As an option, use masks (lace is better than Donald Duck's mask, although fans will surely find both options appealing).
This rule applies not only to the face but also to so-called special marks: unusual moles, tattoos, and so on.
2. Pay attention to the background
Choose the most neutral background possible or, on the contrary, style a photo corner for shooting. Otherwise, the designer renovation of your apartment, which was featured in all the interior magazines of the city, will give you away. Even if you have reliably hidden your face.
3. Choose the time and place
You are sending a photograph of a naked body to fan the flames of the conversation. But at that moment, the conversation partner might be demonstrating something from the screen of a company colleague or friend’s phone and automatically click on the message.
Or their messenger settings imply that the message entirely lights up on the screen even of a locked smartphone. Which they left forgotten on the table and walked away.
In short, if you don't want to appear with nudity in front of a wide audience, find out in advance where your interlocutor is and what they are doing.
4. Clarify the recipient's age
If you enjoy exchanging intimate photographs with strangers, try to make sure that the interlocutor is of legal age. Sending naked photos to a child is a bad idea not only from a moral standpoint but also legally Criminal Code of the Russian Federation Article 135. Immoral actions .
5. Ensure that the recipient is ready for such photos
You can use spicy pictures as a flirting element, but it’s hardly worth starting communication with them. This increases the chances that your message will not be forwarded with a comment like “What is wrong with these people?”.
6. Dose the nudity
For effective sexting, it is not necessary to photograph genitals in close-up. If you add a bit more artistry to the image and reduce the area of the exposed body, it will not be so scary if the photo leaks online.
7. Delete the photo after sending
Imagine that you are showing your mom images, flipping through photos from a walk, from vacation, without pants, again from a walk. It would be uncomfortable and awkward. You shouldn't upload them to the cloud either. The chances that hackers will hack your account are small, unless you are Amanda Seyfried. But you could still be touched indirectly.
And you definitely shouldn't store intimate photos on your work computer and, even more so, upload them to a publicly accessible company server. And before getting outraged that no one does that, talk to some system administrators you know: they will have juicy stories for you.
8. Avoid drunken sexting
Alcohol makes people bolder, so there is a great risk of doing something you would never do sober. For example, deciding to exchange intimate photos with a stranger, sending a dick pic instead of “hello” to your dream girl, or breaking all the rules of safe sexting at once.
Also, when you are drunk, it’s easy to mistake the recipient or send explicit images to your entire contact list. In short, the risks outweigh the joys.
9. Use secret chats
Some services offer the ability to send messages that will automatically delete after being viewed. For example, secret chats are available in Telegram or Snapchat. But remember that they do not guarantee you absolute safety. After all, the interlocutor can always take a screenshot.
10. Don't forget about connected devices
While you are sending intimate photos from an iPhone, somewhere the iPad is dinging with notifications. It’s not a fact that it won’t attract the attention of someone who shouldn’t know about the intimate correspondence.
11. Be discreet in your texts
If you are exchanging photos with a close person, they already know everything about you. But when it comes to random sexting, it’s better not to share too much about yourself: introduce yourself with a stranger's name, share fewer details about work, the neighborhood you live in, and so on.
Also remember that most messengers are linked to a phone number, which makes it easy to identify the owner.
12. Delete photo metadata
A file with a picture contains information about the place, time of shooting, and device. At the very least, delete the geodata. Loverssex' wrote how to do this.
13. Don't give in to persuasion
Intimacy is an area where it is especially important to remain in your comfort zone. Therefore, if you don’t see yourself as a model in the nude genre, refuse; it’s your right. Not wanting to send nudity does not mean there is something wrong with you — you are perfectly fine.
14. Before sending a photo, think about why you need to do it
When you are driven by a burning desire to send intimate photos — that’s one thing. But if the interlocutor is fervently asking, demanding, begging for such pictures without prior conversation, soberly assess what this could mean for you.
There are entire interest groups that pursue intimate photographs to post them in city public forums or special hate groups. Perhaps that person decided to blackmail you. In short, before taking a picture of your butt, use your head.
15. Be prepared for anything
This advice might sound like “send photos only to those you trust.” But people change, and the person you were confident in yesterday may tomorrow send spam of your photos to their entire contact list in revenge. Therefore, when sending intimate pictures, remember that sooner or later they may become public property.
