ALERT! Prepare For Sextings' Older and More Dangerous Trend "SextCasting"!
You don't need a cell phone or to "sext" to ruin your life in seconds. "SextCasting"™ is an issue that has already destroyed thousands of lives way before cell phones had text messaging, cameras, or were in the hands of everyone over the age of 13 (just ask Ms. Paris Hilton or Ms. Pamela Anderson).
While much of the world is still trying to deal with, understand, and react to the latest digital trends of "sexting", and "cyber bullying" it appears that this much larger, and more dangerous "practice" has managed to continuously slip through the cracks for approximately a decade, until now.
"SextCasting"™ (Sext - Cast - ing) has been one of the internet's deepest and darkest secrets that The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication is about to bring to the world's attention.
A SextCast™ or "SextCasting"™ is the process by which an individual(s) performs actions of a risque or sexually explicit nature via a (live) webcam (or webcast), digital (image or video) camera, or other form of digital technology and sends and/or saves the content of their actions using digital technologies (i.e. a computer, camera card, email, social website, message board, etc).
Unfortunately, like sexting, "SextCasting"™ can also create potentially devastating and life altering consequences within seconds, however unlike sexting, a SextCast™ is not isolated to a cell phone or PDA, and the consequences can be exponentially worse as they are farther reaching, more malicious, and almost impossible to contain once viral!
We are not back in the 1980's where taking a risque photo or video of yourself and hiding the footage in your closet (Responsibility 1.0) will diminish your risk of any (global) repercussions. Today, we use digital technologies and creating a risque photo, video or webcast (i.e. "SextCasting"™) could cost you your entire life in a matter of seconds. Society must understand the difference between Responsibility 1.0 and Responsibility 2.1C (21st century responsibility).
For Example, search YouTube for "sexy dancing" or take a look at this public YouTube video that has been live for almost a year and seen 100,544 times (WARNING, this may not be safe for work and we do not condone minors viewing this material). Again, the aforementioned view count only includes YouTube, so who knows how many other places it is being watched, or how many people's computers it has been saved to by now.
Notice that this (once personal) SextCast™ is now being commercialized by a company with an agenda who has saved, edited, branded, and re-released this video globally for their own financial benefit. This type of thing happens thousands, if not millions of times a day, most of the time without the individuals (in many cases tweens and teens) in the image, video, or webcast ever knowing. This is an example of an issue that has nothing to do with a cell phone or sexting, and that is far more prevalent, dangerous, and common in our current cyber culture.
They've said it before and they'll say it again, and again, and again!
Despite the fact that the The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication has an effective method for dealing with the vast number of digital issues we are aware of like "sexting" and other Digital Disease, our nation and media seem to be content with treating these digital, 21st century issues, with an "old school" 20th century approach. Unfortunately, based on past and present headlines regarding "cyber bullying" and "sexting", it appears our nation continues to fail an entire digital generation as now, an even bigger issue is upon us, and what's worse is that this problem is approximately a decade old.
The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication has declared there are two primary types of "SextCasting"™:
1) A Private SextCast™: Whereby an individual(s) purposefully performs a risque or sexual act in an image, a live webcam feed or pre-recorded video message specifically for another individual(s).
Example 1: A couple that provides each other with a live Private SextCast™ via their respective webcams while separated due to a business trip via Windows Messenger.
Example 2: The couple saved their private pre-recorded SextCasts™ to their password protected profile page on a popular social network (i.e. PhotoBucket).
2) A Public SextCast™: Whereby an individual(s) is purposefully performing a risque or sexual act on a live webcam feed or recording their actions to knowingly post the content publicly using digital technology (i.e. email, social network, website, message board, etc) for global viewing.
Example: The girl engaged in a Public SextCast™ via her webcam for hundreds of individuals over a popular social webcam network (i.e. Stickam).
According to The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication, the following examples are just two of the vast catastrophic outcomes that can result from a SextCast™.
1) An Unintended SextCast™: Whereby an individual(s) creates a Private SextCast™ unaware that the content is; (i) being stolen from their hard drive, (ii) being stolen from their password protected webpage, and/or (iii) their webcam feed is being watched and recorded by a third party via a hacker and spyware program which often leads to "Viral SextCasts™".
Example 1: A girl broadcasting a sexually explicit action for her boyfriend over a live webcam was being recorded by an uninvited third party using a process used for spying on and recording webcam feeds (want proof this is possible, click here)
Example 2: The couple's private (pre-recorded) SextCasts™ were downloaded by an unknown third party who hacked their password protected profile page on their social network (not likely or possible? Click here)
2) A Viral SextCast™: Whereby an individual's Public or Private SextCast™ unknowingly becomes public and is spread globally (a.k.a. becomes viral) through email, social networks, websites or other digital technologies thus the content can be saved to private hard drives across the world and resurface again at any time.
Example 1: A girl broadcasting a Private SextCast™ for her boyfriend over a live webcam was being recorded by a third party using a popular process used for spying on and recording webcam feeds. The third party posts the (once private) SextCast™ to their (adult) website to drive more traffic to the website and more revenue from the advertisers.
Example 2: A couple's private pre-recorded SextCasts™ were downloaded by an unknown third party who hacked their password protected profile page on their social network. The third party licensed the couple's sexual actions or "SextCast" to various adult websites and adult message boards for money.
Cruisin' With Kids, a Community Partner of The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication has provided us with the following example to illustrate just how serious and realistic the aforementioned outcomes can be. They have created a profile for their corporate mascot Cruiser on PhotoBucket.com, and (ONLY because we have obtained permission from Cruisin' With Kids and I.R.O.C.2 to provide you with this access in hopes it will save you or a loved one's life) we are going to provide you access to a photo inside this password protected account without logging in.
Here we go...
Step 1: Open a New Browser
You can reach the private account by clicking or copying and pasting the following link into the browser:
http://s695.photobucket.com/albums/vv318/CruiserFox/
OBSERVATION: When you arrive at the account, you will notice it is password protected.
Step 2: Again, The Institute is providing this information to prove how dangerous the internet and "SextCasting"™ can be and why you need to understand I.R.O.C.2's concept of Responsibility 2.1C.
Please click here to access a private photo in the password protected account.
OBSERVATION: Notice that you can see the picture of Cruiser Fox inside the account! You can save, it, share it, send it to a friend without Cruiser ever knowing.
Step 3: Now try and click the link over the image that says "CruiserFox".
OBSERVATION: Notice you were directed to the log in page which means you were looking at private content without logging in, and without Cruiser knowing.
Hopefully, for your sake, if you have or do participate in "SextCasting"™, this very basic exercise will open your eyes to the dangers of poor judgment using digital technology, and help you understand how vital it is that you, me, everyone understand I.R.O.C.2's concept of Responsibility 2.1C.
Like "Cyber Bullying" and "Sexting", ""SextCasting"™ is an epidemic destroying our digital generation (young and old). Unbelievably, "SextCasting"™ has actually been prominent in our society for ~ 10 years, but the nation does not know about it because until now, there was no "buzz word" for the media's headlines to describe this very serious trend.
Based on our nation's current panic and struggle to deal with the "phenomenon" of sexting, The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication has no idea how the government, public or media will react to the aforementioned information and the very real issue of "SextCasting"™. However they are hopeful that alerting our nation about this decade old epidemic that has already (quietly) destroyed so many lives will help save this digital generation, and garner government, corporate, and public interest in how they save lives because these current issues will not be the last Digital Diseases our digital generation will face.
Despite all the media attention about cyber safety, not to mention all of the much larger safety organizations around with major funding, The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication, a (to date) self funded nonprofit seems to be the only organization thinking ahead and not reacting to new issues.
They are the only organization that is committed to the proactive direct expert communication of Digital Responsibility 2.1C to a new generation and do not use reactive old school threats, reprimand and third party curriculum that is ineffective.
I will close with a quote from the Institute's Executive Director:
Richard Guerry, the visionary behind the concept of "Responsibility 2.1C", and co-founder of The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication recently stated that "We as a nation need to provide direct proactive communication of Digital Responsibility (Responsibility 2.1C) to a new generation. We cannot be reactionary treating today's digital issues, and we cannot resolve them with 20th century threats, reprimand and curriculum." He went on to say, "The real problem is our youth has grown up learning what we call responsibility 1.0 or offline responsibility. They do not understand the scope of the repercussions when they invoke poor (digital) judgment because they have not been proactively taught digital responsibility or what we call, Responsibility 2.1C. We cannot apply 20th century solutions to 21st century issues."
To find out more about "SextCasting"™ and what sites you and your kids should avoid (or may already unknowingly be on), to contact their Speakers Bureau for an event, or to assist their efforts by becoming a supporter, sponsor, to make a donation, or to learn more about The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication please visit them on the web at www.iroc2.org or www.sextingisstupid.com.
"SextCasting"™ Summarized:
A SextCast™ or "SextCasting"™ is the process by which an individual(s) performs actions of a risque or sexually explicit nature via a (live) webcam (or webcast), digital (image or video) camera, or other form of digital technology and sends and/or saves the content of their actions using digital technologies (i.e. a computer, camera card, email, social website, message board, etc).
Main Entry: Sext - Cast - ing
Function: noun
Etymology: 21st century, from Richard Guerry via The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication
Reference: Urban Dictionary
