Despite Hacking Awareness, Teens Still Sending Naked Selfies

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 19:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Despite the publicity of high-profile celebrities having their iPhones hacked and private pictures distributed across the Internet, a new paper confirms that substantial numbers of teens are sexting – sending and receiving explicit sexual images via cellphone. Though the behavior is widely studied, the potentially serious consequences of the practice led the researchers to more accurately measure how frequently teens are choosing to put themselves at risk in this fashion. read more

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