Finally: California bans revenge porn

Posting nude photos of an ex in the Golden State could land you in jail

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Camera phones have made it dangerously easy to snap naughty photos. And as a result, so-called "revenge porn," in which jilted exes post embarrassing photos of their former flames online, has exploded, inflicting irreversible damage on thousands of victims across the country.

As tends to happens with these things, people's exploitation of technology has quickly outpaced existing laws, leaving revenge porn victims — the overwhelming majority of whom are female — with little legal recourse.

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Chris Gayomali is the science and technology editor for TheWeek.com. Previously, he was a tech reporter at TIME. His work has also appeared in Men's Journal, Esquire, and The Atlantic, among other places. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.