shameless...
In a shameless attempt to keep your attention, and get some people to comment, during this period of limited blogging I pose you the following scruple...
You stumble across some photographs, online, of a colleague. The photographs are of them naked. It is not clear from the context if the person in the photographs knows they have been posted online or not. What do you do?
I should add that this has not happened to me. This was the subject of conversation between some folks I was over-hearing. Judging by the look on one of the faces it had happened to him...
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jrochkind++
Surely these images go to show the person in their true light - adding it to their online work profile page is the only right course of action.
I'd have to admit that Zach's comment made me laugh. However, seriously, I'd have to rely on how well I knew that person, and what I thought they would think about it. Of course, much depends on where I found the photos... if they're somewhere embarrassing, then I'd want to keep quiet about having found them, I guess.
Is the person's name attached to the photos, or does it just look like them? If it just looks like them, I'd convince myself that it's just someone who looks like them and not them, and try to forget I'd ever seen it. If it actually had their name on it, maybe I'd make a new gmail email and send them an anonymous message "Thought you might like to know, you might not want these on the internet."
If the place the photos were found would be embarrassing was a key factor in the discussion I overheard. Another key factor being discussed was whether or not they were attractive!
email them round the office with the subject: "Hot or not?"
Were the pics of a male or female? I would probably tell them. Ensure they knew.
@Ceri McCall, I don't know what gender - it didn't happen to me! If you would tell them, what about the embarrassing moment if they had posted them _themselves_ ?
I think I'd do what Jonathan Rochkind suggested and let them know in some manner that doesn't identify me as the one that found/saw them. Of course, it really depends on who it is. If it was someone I felt really comfortable with, I'd might tell them in person.
I'd rather risk feeling embarrassed if they had posted them, than not speak up and them not be aware. Good question though...I asked my friends last night :)