‘What he did makes me feel sick and violated,’ 
she says. In his posts on revenge sites he fantasises about raping and beating women — and while readers may find 
it upsetting, we feel some of his comments deserve repetition to show just 
how repugnant and aggressive they can be. ‘There are all 
sorts of creeps on these pornographic websites and people living 
on my road may have seen them,’ she says. The spyware may 
be installed by an ex-partner, but equally it could 
be installed by a stranger hacking into your computer.
Images manipulated on computer can in some cases violate the new law, which carries a maximum penalty 
of two years in jail. Ms Higgins says the recovery process for those attacked by revenge porn must 
sometimes involve coming to terms with the fact that a vile and degrading image can remain out there on the web for years 
— possibly forever. She said men who pay to watch young women and children performing on web cams have no 
boundaries and expect the girls to do whatever depraved sex acts they demand 
in return for large payments.