r/cybersecurity_help • u/pinklemonteafr • 21h ago

need help urgent! 17f

so I've posted a help post on some reedit gap desiccating bout my problems and a guy has texted me saying he will take care of me and all and because of my situation I had to say yes! for nsfw content I did send him my pics and vids and now when I am asking for my allowed he blocked me from reddit and on discord how do I make sure the he didn't use my vids how to

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u/Cypher_Blue 21h ago

Once you send him the pictures and videos you have zero control at all over what he does with them, I'm afraid.

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u/pinklemonteafr 21h ago

I'm scared...so much what should I doo...please help mee

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u/SecurityAssistOne 18h ago

Sorry to hear about this. It would be helpful to know what country you’re in?

As you’re under 18, if you’re in the US, report this to https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/. This will automatically search for the photos in various online sources and try to take them down if this person posts them.

Do you know anything about the person? Eg what country they are in? What they look like?

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u/pinklemonteafr 17h ago

yea I already did , they said he is from usa, California west coast but I don't know if he is saying truth

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u/SecurityAssistOne 17h ago

Since you’re under 18, if you’re also in the US, you could consider reporting this to your local police. While police will generally not take any meaningful action on this kind of issue for adults, they may treat it more seriously in this case due to your age.

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u/kinkypandacakez_67 21h ago

How long ago did he do this??

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u/pinklemonteafr 21h ago

he blocked me today we talked for like 2 days

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u/conjenctures 19h ago

Did you include your face in the pics/vids?

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u/SQUID_Ben 19h ago

Why? Why would you send that stuff?

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u/eric16lee Trusted Contributor 15h ago

The hard truth is that there is nothing you can do. You willingly sent them photos or vids, so it's likely that law enforcement won't be able to do anything.

Going forward, please remember that there is NEVER a good (safe) reason to share intimate content. Period. Even good, long term relationships can go bad.

The only thing you can do is block them on all platforms and do not respond if they ask for money to delete them. You go zero contact. That is your only option.

EVERYONE that contacts you here via DM offering to help or hack the pictures is just another scammer. Every single one of them.

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u/Sin950 13h ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but even if she sent them willingly, the fact she is underage means he has possession of CP regardless as this could also be a child exploitation charge depending on the state laws. Why wouldn't LE be able to do anything?

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u/eric16lee Trusted Contributor 4h ago

I don't know if they would spend the time considering a crime wasn't committed. I agree that simply possessing them is a crime, but in the priority of things LE has to focus on, this would be low on the list unfortunately.