# Ew. Blackmailing girls using a web cam. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 21, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874 "2010-04-21T16:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/41 "2010-04-22T03:08:15Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Or you could just read post 2. Ha ha! You win. I lose. Forgive me, internet? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/42 "2010-04-22T03:10:22Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > I saw an amusing video of this once, I can’t remember the exact details but it was something like a webcam equivilant of omegle, someone had linked up a static photo of a cat with, er, the hammer of damocles dangling over its head and made it appear as his webcam somehow. I recall someone threatening to feed small animals to his pet snake like that. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/43 "2010-04-22T03:58:06Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Oh, I get it now! > > It’s funny because of… er… > > Because blackmail is funny. And it involves underage girls. And shit. > > Fuck, I’m slapping my thighs at the incredible wit now. Oscar Wilde must be rolling in his grave! You don’t happen to be a fifty year old woman, do you? > [@palacheck](#): > > Your posts really crack me up. You have a real knack for bad timing:D I do what I can. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/44 "2010-04-22T05:10:12Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > You don’t happen to be a fifty year old woman, do you? Ha! No, my mocking tones merely create that illusion, designed to strike terror into the hearts of cheeky little monkeys everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/45 "2010-04-22T06:56:16Z")
You guys are missing the obvious: Rule number 1 for a minor online: Never use your real name. Sure, you have a reason to use it on Facebook, so your friends can find you. But in a chat with a stranger? Heck, if I now (as an adult male) were going to go into a “private chat” like this where a webcam was involved, I still wouldn’t use my real name. Forget my friends: potential employers might Google me and see it. Anything that carries my real name is as Goody Two-shoes as can be, and still be useful. ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/46 "2010-04-22T07:39:22Z")
> [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](#): > > This kind of thing happens all the time. The [4chan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan)\* image board is rather well known for it. > [@diku](#): > > Yeah, this just kinda happened on 4chan recently, except without the blackmail. > > Girl was complaining about her body, got talked into posting pics, she was made fun of, pics were sent to her family, and they got her dad’s phone number and called him to tell him about it. Pretty horrible all around. Which is basically /b/'s MO. > [@palacheck](#): > > Oh I’ve heard of 4chan before–I don’t know why they didn’t immediately pop into my mind. I want to thank you all for revealing to the world at large how you are pretty much retirees worrying about medicare and bitching at how the kids these days can learn how to build bombs on the internet and how the negroe president is really articulate. P.S.: I heard that a gang of satanists are planning to go around and kill all the blue-eyed blonde medicare recipients! ZOMG! ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/47 "2010-04-22T07:46:23Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > I want to thank you all for revealing to the world at large how you are pretty much retirees worrying about medicare and bitching at how the kids these days can learn how to build bombs on the internet and how the negroe president is really articulate. > > P.S.: I heard that a gang of satanists are planning to go around and kill all the blue-eyed blonde medicare recipients! ZOMG! But! But! They’re hackers on steroids! ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/48 "2010-04-22T10:34:26Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > I want to thank you all for revealing to the world at large how you are pretty much retirees worrying about medicare and bitching at how the kids these days can learn how to build bombs on the internet and how the negroe president is really articulate. :dubious: Cite? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/49 "2010-04-22T12:07:29Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I’d rather be embarrassed about doing something stupid, and have my parents yell at me than to mess around with a dog. I dunno, is the dog hot? ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/50 "2010-04-22T12:35:44Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Ha ha! You win. I lose. Forgive me, internet? I forgive you, mainly because I had no intention of clicking on that link in post #2 until your trashy yet fabulous summary got me interested. Well done! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/51 "2010-04-22T13:41:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I dunno, is the dog hot? Ha ha! Well I suppose there could be exceptions. > [@belladonna](#): > > I forgive you, mainly because I had no intention of clicking on that link in post #2 until your trashy yet fabulous summary got me interested. Well done! Whew! ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/52 "2010-04-22T17:18:36Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > I want to thank you all for revealing to the world at large how you are pretty much retirees worrying about medicare and bitching at how the kids these days can learn how to build bombs on the internet and how the negroe president is really articulate. > > P.S.: I heard that a gang of satanists are planning to go around and kill all the blue-eyed blonde medicare recipients! ZOMG! Huh? Not really sure how I became a senior citizen. Oh wait. I just saw who I’m quoting. Never mind. I’m shocked you even found this topic worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/53 "2010-04-22T18:26:41Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You guys are missing the obvious: > > Rule number 1 for a minor online: Never use your real name. > > Sure, you have a reason to use it on Facebook, so your friends can find you. But in a chat with a stranger? Heck, if I now (as an adult male) were going to go into a “private chat” like this where a webcam was involved, I still wouldn’t use my real name. Forget my friends: potential employers might Google me and see it. > > Anything that carries my real name is as Goody Two-shoes as can be, and still be useful. Even if they don’t give their names or exact locations, people can be tracked down on Chatroulette through their IPs. See: [Chatroulletemap](http://www.chatroulettemap.com/). While I do believe that we’re going to get to the point where photos of boobs/dicks/drunken nights out will no longer be blackmail material because they’re so ubiquitous, being able to track people down is a bit scary. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/54 "2010-04-22T18:44:35Z")
Yes! Soon even people too poor to pay private investigators $10 will have as much snooping power as the wealthy! It’s outrageous! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/55 "2010-04-22T20:27:15Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I dunno, is the dog hot? Would you eat a hot dog? ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/56 "2010-04-22T23:41:18Z")
> [@diku](#): > > Huh? Not really sure how I became a senior citizen. > > Oh wait. I just saw who I’m quoting. Never mind. I’m shocked you even found this topic worthy. How do you even get through life with the level of comprehension you’ve displayed here? Also, you have dik in your name. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/57 "2010-04-22T23:58:15Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Would you eat a hot dog? I would! Wait a second… ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/58 "2010-04-23T00:17:05Z")
So how _do_ you mail black girls using a web cam? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/59 "2010-04-23T01:24:11Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Ha ha! You win. I lose. Forgive me, internet? Hmmm . . . we here at the internet need an act of contrition. Involving MeanOldTitties. ---
**Author:** ![palacheck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@palacheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palacheck)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874/60 "2010-04-23T01:48:59Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > I want to thank you all for revealing to the world at large how you are pretty much retirees worrying about medicare and bitching at how the kids these days can learn how to build bombs on the internet and how the negroe president is really articulate. > > P.S.: I heard that a gang of satanists are planning to go around and kill all the blue-eyed blonde medicare recipients! ZOMG! I am old and I am nearing retirement age, but saying 4chan is full of creepy neck-beards is hardly senior paranoia. I know that it isn’t some organized group of pedophiles that old people believe exists because they watch Criminal Minds and the 5 o’clock news. I admit my OP perhaps made it seem as though I thought there was some sort of Secret Club that only CYBERHACKERS!! could get into, but I am well aware that it’s simply a bunch of like-minded people who happen to get together and troll sites like Stickam hoping to find some girls to show tits. Now if you’ll excuse me I have a TV dinner to eat while I watch another episode of Dateline. In my fabric recliner. With ample lighting. And every single door and window in the house bolted up so the Mexicans don’t try and break in. Because I saw a story on the news that said they do that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874.md?page=4)