This is the last article in my series on stalking. This behavior is very disturbing and destabilizing, especially with the use of artificial intelligence tools that can create false images of you, but naked, or superimposed in an adult video allowing people to be taken advantage of.
“Revenge porn” or Porno Disclosure- Personal image broadcast without my consent
In Canada, the act of sharing images without consent is a crime (section 162.1 of the Criminal Code).
If you are a victim, report it to the police!
https://educaloi.qc.ca/capsules/partager-des-images-intimes-un-crime/
But detecting whether you’re a victim of Porn Disclosure is difficult, and often involves actively monitoring your online presence and being alert to signals that might indicate that intimate content about you has been shared without consent.
The following site offers help and procedure to denounce: https://cyberaide.ca/fr/
Here are a few steps to help you detect if you are a victim of Porn Disclosure:
- Search for your name and use Google Alerts: Use different search engines to search for your name and see if images or videos appear in the results. And set up Google Alerts for your name to receive notifications if new content about you appears online. (https://www.google.fr/alerts)
- Monitor social media: Check social networks regularly for signs of suspicious activity or unusual messages about you, such as unexpected connections, strange friend requests or any content that seems dubious.
- Ask those close to you for help: Let your friends and family know about the situation so that they can warn you if they see compromising images or videos.
- Check forums and websites: Images or videos may be shared on forums or sites specializing in sharing adult content. Google search and the alert system will keep you informed.
- Use image search tools: Tools like Google Image Search or TinEye allow you to search for images on the Internet using an image as a search query to find matches, although personally I’m not very comfortable sending an image of myself to find out if it’s already been shared – on the other hand, using this site to find out the origin or other sites that share a found image is useful.
- Beware of anonymous accounts: Beware of messages from anonymous accounts or new accounts contacting you or commenting on your posts.
- Monitoring adult sites: Unfortunately, sites dedicated to “Revenge Porn” do exist. You can monitor these sites to see if your content is being shared. This may require the use of specialized search services. (Here I’m thinking of 4chan, for example…)
- Listen to rumors: Sometimes word-of-mouth can be an indicator that personal content has been shared without your consent.
“DeepFake or hypertrucage
Hyper Trucage techniques, which involve the creation of hyper-realistic videos or images using artificial intelligence to superimpose faces on other bodies, represent a new threat, especially when used for malicious purposes such as revenge for a romantic break-up or extortion.
For example, a predator takes an image found on the Internet, modifies it to create a nude image and uses it to threaten or harass people on the Internet.
What’s more, recognizing a false hypertrucage image is difficult, as the technology behind these images is increasingly sophisticated.
Fortunately, there are still a few details that the machine doesn’t always generate correctly, such as facial expressions, which can be blurred around the eyes and teeth, as well as the hands. Also, simply the consistency of lighting and image quality can give signs that the image is wrong.
False images should be treated with the same seriousness as a real image of us, and this means contacting the police and pressing charges against the perpetrator.
Here are the links to the articles in this series
- Criminal harassment – The laws [Links to articles 1]
- Stalking – Its different forms [Links to article 2]
- How can harassment be prevented? [Links to articles 3]
- How to detect espionage with technological tools? [Links to articles 4]
Get help – Resource for you
- If you need support, have suicidal thoughts or are worried about a loved one, call 1 866 APPELLE (1 866 277-3553). A suicide prevention counsellor is available to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- You can also visit commentparlerdusuicide.com
- If you are a victim of domestic violence and are looking for help and respite, call SOS Violence conjugale at 1 800 363-9010. Counsellors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- In case of crisis and fear for your life, find a women’s shelter on fmhf.ca.
- The Centres d’aide aux victimes d’actes criminels (CAVAC) help the loved ones of crime victims following traumatic events: 1-866-le CAVAC (1 866 532-2822) or cavac.qc.ca
- Reporting harassment in the workplace: https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/fr/service-clientele/plaintes-recours/plaintes-en-normes-travail/plainte-pour-harcelement-psychologique-sexuel
- Montreal Police Department– https://spvm.qc.ca/fr/Contact
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