Lara Bingle exposed

The Herald Son was just one of the newspapers to report about the latest Bingle scandal. The article touches on how the ranchy photo of Lara in the shower, allegedly taken by AFL star Brendan Fevola, has made its way through the players of the AFL and Australian cricket league. Bingle has already filed a law suit against Fevola but fears the damage has already been done. In her interview with Woman's Day she talks about the embaressment of it all and the possible damage it has caused her both personally and proffessionally. A story like this can't help but raise questions about privacy in such a technologically driven world. Bingle stated that she didn't realise he was taking a photograph of her naked and was horrified when he took it, and immediatetly asked him to delete it, in which case he said he had. I'm sure everyone can relate to a similar situation, maybe not so public however. Modern cameras are small and built into so many devises including mobile phones and computers it is impossible to know if someone is taking your picture or filming your actions. And if indeed they do manage to catch you at a volunerable moment, such as Lara has experienced, what is stopping them from mass circulation and publication? This issue can even be raised with applications like Facebook. Just ticking a box hands over all rights to any photos loaded onto the social network, including photos of friends and family without their permission. Not to mention that person then holds the ability to publish ans share the photographs again without individuals permission. So we have to start to ask are selves just how much privacy do we really have? These days we have to worry about everything from a friend taking an unflattering photo and putting it on facebook, to a lover abusing the trust of a relationship and distributing incriminating photographs. Maybe next time you think it will be fun to message your boyfriend a sexy picture of yourself, just remember how Bingle thought she could trust her lover only to be 'betrayed and violated'.