Technology is almost always a step or two ahead of the law, and that gives the criminal element a bit of a head start. Until the law catches up, those who would misuse technology often get a free pass.

Such was the case in Manhattan a few years ago when a spurned boyfriend posted naked pictures of his former girlfriend to social media and added injury to insult by sending the images to her employer and sister, all without her consent. That’s wrong by any standard of decency.