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The Greatest Hack of Modern Times

What does the date of Sunday, August 14, 2014 hold for you? Any? Well, chances are, for the true porn enthusiasts out there, especially celebrity porn enthusiasts, this was a day of great happiness … a day for the history books. This was, of course, the day of The Fappening. Everything started off normally on this warm Sunday morning. But by the time the afternoon rolled around, Twitter and Facebook were lit up with the news of the greatest celebrity porn hack of all time. We went from having almost no nude photos and videos of most of the most lusted after actresses, models, and musicians to over 500 in a matter of seconds. Immediately, nobody was talking about anything else. Scandals as sordid as this one only come around once every 5 or 10 years. And it was a big one. The Fappening was perhaps the largest hack of private photos and videos to ever occur. And it sparked a pretty lively debate on the internet over whether it was ethical to even view the content, let alone if sites like Google should be held accountable for making it possible. An overwhelming majority of Hollywood elite was quick to call the fappening a blatant invasion of privacy. Clearly, these people claimed, it is immoral to access and spread images of anyone that were meant to be private – regardless of a person’s social standing, celebrity or not. Lawsuits were filed. Warrants were issued. Suspects were questions. Accountability was swift. And outrage was widespread. Actress Lena Dunham, for example, reached out to people on Twitter, trying to persuade them to not partake in viewing the media leaked by the fappening. Anyone who did so much as click on a leaked pornographic image was to “Violate these women over and over again. It’s not okay.” Dunham was far from alone in this view. In addition, Emma Watson also voiced her concerns, saying that the proliferation of these private photos and videos was unjustifiable. But she took it one step further in also chastising “…the accompanying comments [on social media] that show such a lack of empathy.” Actress Jennifer Lawrence showed what may have been the least tolerance in response to the fappening. She flat-out labeled the actions of the hackers as “sex crimes,” saying that the fappening was a form of “sexual violation.” She went on to qualify her statements in a way that incriminated not only the hackers, but anyone who would so much as dare to be tempted into downloading the content. “Anybody who looked at those pictures,” she warned, “you're perpetuating a sexual offense and you should cower with shame.”

Human Nature at its Finest

Not everyone in Hollywood took such a strong stance against those who would partake in enjoying the rare outpour of celebrity nudes, though. Emily Ratajkowski – one of the many women whose private photos were made public due to the hacks, by the way – stood up for the people who would, at least out of sheer curiosity, view the fappening pics and videos. In an interview with GQ, she said, “A lot of people who were victims of [the hack] said anyone who looks at these pictures should feel guilty, but I just don't think that's fair […] I'm not sure that anyone who Googles it is necessarily a criminal. I think the people who stole the photos are.” That being said, her voice seemed to be drowned out by the majority of actors and entertainers who disagreed with her. Even male entertainers, such as Seth Rogan and Lucas Neff went out of their way to speak out against viewing the leaks. No matter what your own opinion happens to be on the matter, there is no question that the fappening will forever stand as a symbol of concerns over privacy in our contemporary, digitized world. There are even some critics of the fappening who blame not the hackers so much as Apple for neglecting to put into place proper security features, such as a two-factor authentication on its devices. Others, like the writers of Forbes, went onto recommend toggling the photo stream iCloud feature to “off” in order to prevent being subjected to similar hacks in the future.

The Fappening 3.0?

Maybe you empathize with the women whose private content was hacked and shared with the whole world. Maybe you don’t. Either way, one thing is certain, if you haven’t already checked out the content of the fappening (and the follow-up hack, the fappening 2.0), there is a good chance that your curiosity has been begging you to do so. And if that is the case, you are in luck, the internet has not been scrubbed of this footage. Far from it. In fact, there are plenty of websites that have dedicated themselves to archiving the fappening pictures and videos, as well as keeping an ongoing log of all celebrity leaks, nude or otherwise. One of the more popular sites like this is The Fappening Pro, or thefappening.pro. And it is fair to say that this site has earned its own self-ascribed domain. As far as fappening sites go, these guys are clearly pros at keeping the content alive in the face of widespread calls for deleting it from history. Not only do they have all of the content from both of the fappenings in one handy place, they even have an option for accessing fappening content that has successfully been banned from the internet (more on that later).

Extremely Well-Organized Archives

The site is designed well. Think the layout of an expertly put together blog site. This results in the front page granting you direct access to the most recent posts and leaks, organized and archived conveniently by date of post. This is where many of the other fappening porn sites fall short – they often do not have the proper archiving that such a project calls for, leaving users to fend for themselves, digging through an endless slush pile. Plus, similar sites have turned themselves into blogs that specialize not only in nude images and videos of celebrities, but clothed “sexy” content, too. And, at the end of the day, that’s just not porn. The Fappening Pro, however, only posts things that would have been worthy of the fappening itself. That means only actual nude and near nude content of real celebrities. This is no easy task, either, seeing as since the second fappening, such leaks are very hard to come by. The Fappening Pro doesn’t let this stop them, though, seeing as they still post new media regularly. Porn Sites also wants to take a moment to appreciate how organized The Fappening Pro is. Everything you could ever want is easily located at all times. You don’t have to do any hunting. If you want to find content from the original fappening, simply click the appropriate link in the site menu bar. Want just stuff from the fappening 2.0? There it is, listed under the link to the original. Maybe you want to see pages dedicated to actresses from current or upcoming blockbusters, such as Men in Black, The Avengers, or Dark Phoenix … no problem, they are right there in the site menu as well, already organized and ready to be enjoyed. Or maybe you’d rather browse by celebrity … find an alphabetized list that spans the right-hand side of the page (with a search bar above).

Beyond Censorship

Another thing that sets The Fappening Pro apart from similar fappening sites is the fact that they provide a way for you to have access to content that was made illegal due to the privacy breaches of the fappening. That’s right, not every photo and video leaked by the fappening is still available on the web, due to the DMCA. The Fappening Pro obviously cannot feature this content on the site either … but they do have a list of every deleted gallery available. All you have to do is leave your email address in the comments and The Fappening Pro will deliver these pictures to you, discretely in your inbox. There are also some fappening leaks which, although they are not banned from the internet, are still hard to locate, nonetheless. The Fappening Pro has made your life easier when it comes to finding these as well. All of the rare or buried fappening leaks are also conveniently archived in their own section as well. May the search finally be over. All in all, as far as fappening blogs are concerned, The Fappening Pro may be the best organized, best designed, and most intuitive one. Don’t spend hours scouring the internet for those hard to find leaks. Just take one visit to The Fappening Pro and have unlimited access to every leaked celebrity image there is.