Even Someone Named Snooki Can Teach Us a Life Lesson

Yesterday we learned yet another celebs nude pictures were spreading over the Internet after their cell phone was hacked.

E! News confirmed that Jersey Shore actress Snooki’s cell phone was hacked, and images sans clothes of the pregnant actress are popping up on the net. The images supposedly, are partially censored, so no Snooki bits are exposed fully. Though one questions whether this was an actual hack, or a media stunt to generate free press for the reality TV star.

This is not the first time celebrities have had to deal with hacked mobile devices unleashing naked pictures of themselves over the worldwide web. Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively have had nude pictures exposed due to cell phone hacks as well.

Snooki – who’s real name by the way is Nicole Elizabeth Polizzi – appears to have fallen victim to the same type of hacks as other celebs – an invasion of private information ripped from their mobile devices.

With a name that sounds like the aftermath of a sneeze, one might feel like saying something soothing after hearing of the horrid news of her hacked phone.

However, if there weren’t any nude pictures, or any other potentially embarrassing things on her mobile devices, we’d probably not be tweeting and discussing her this very moment.

Yes, our mobile devices have become a deeply engrained part of our everyday lives. We use them to keep track of where we are, where we are going, who we are meeting, and even capture and share memories of important events.

And maybe some of those events you want to capture involve removing all clothing, and doing strange things with duct tape, crayons, and a marsh mellow. But if your mobile device gets hacked, the world will finally figure out what you use the marsh mellow for – and you will be red-faced embarrassed, unless it’s for roasting over a camp fire and eating.

What we choose to do with our tech is a personal choice. And we have to weigh the pro’s and the con’s each time we snap that photo, capture that video, or log onto that website.

But as long as there have been passwords, there have been hackers attempting to gain access to those password-protected systems.

Mobile devices, with all their passwords and apps that claim to secure your personal and private data, and cool apps which will even let you wipe your mobile device’s hard drive remotely, still leave us open to public embarrassment, because in the time it takes you to realize your mobile device is missing or may have been hacked, it could already be too late.

To easiest and most guaranteed way to ensure your private and personal information stays private, is to not use your mobile devices to take or store anything which can compromise you, your friends or your family.

Or, you could use one of those old film cameras, which doesn’t store anything digitally. Unless you took the time to painstakingly scan in the film negatives or the actual still pictures, there is no way for one of those cameras to leak sensitive info online.

Ah, retro-technology. It still has a use!