how my face was leaked on TikTok

Summary

The video script narrates the creator's experience with online privacy invasions, including a face reveal and subsequent leaks. Initially, a hate group attempted to dox the creator, prompting a scramble to remove public photos. A significant incident involved a friend, 'Aeroplane,' who was reluctant to delete shared photos despite the creator's pleas, leading to a breach of privacy. The creator reflects on the importance of respecting personal boundaries and the challenges of maintaining anonymity online, concluding with an upcoming trip to Japan, fulfilling a childhood dream.

Takeaways

• 😷 The creator had a face reveal over a month ago, which they consider old news by internet standards.
• 🕵️‍♂️ In the past, the creator's face was unintentionally shown online before they were ready, leading to privacy concerns.
• 🤬 The creator experienced harassment from a hate group attempting to dox them, which heightened their privacy paranoia.
• 👥 The creator had to deal with a friend, referred to as 'Aeroplane', who was reluctant to remove photos of the creator's face from her public account.
• 🎨 The creator's social media presence was primarily art-focused, which helped maintain a level of privacy regarding their personal life.
• 🤝 Despite the creator's requests, 'Aeroplane' initially refused to remove the photos, leading to a strained relationship.
• 📸 The creator discovered that their face had been leaked on TikTok, likely from 'Aeroplane's' account, causing further distress.
• 📝 The creator had to communicate extensively with 'Aeroplane' to get the photos removed, highlighting the importance of privacy to them.
• 😓 The creator felt a lack of understanding from 'Aeroplane' about the seriousness of privacy issues and the potential consequences.
• 🗓️ The incident occurred over a period of time, with the creator's face eventually being made public despite their efforts to keep it private.
• 🌐 The creator's experience underscores the challenges of maintaining privacy in the digital age, even when taking precautions.

Q & A

Why did the content creator feel the need to reveal their face online?

The content creator felt the need to reveal their face online due to the attention span of the internet, as their previous face reveal felt outdated, and they wanted to address the topic of their face being shown online before.

What was the first incident where the content creator's face was leaked online?

The first incident occurred in 2021 when a random hate group tried to dox the content creator, flooding their comments and DMs with slurs and attempting to find their personal information.

How did the content creator react to the hate group's attempts to dox them?

The content creator grew paranoid and took action to ensure that every available photo of them was either in a friend's private account or removed from the internet.

What was the significance of the friend called 'Aeroplane' in the story?

Aeroplane had a public account with several photos of the content creator's face, which the creator wanted removed to protect their privacy.

Why did the content creator offer Aeroplane two bags of food as compensation for removing the photos?

The content creator felt insecure about the photos and wanted them removed urgently. They offered the food as a form of persuasion and compensation for the inconvenience.

How did Aeroplane initially respond to the request to remove the photos?

Aeroplane initially refused to remove the photos, arguing that the content creator's face was already online and that no one would bother searching through her account.

What was the outcome of the content creator's attempt to convince Aeroplane to remove the photos?

After several conversations and the content creator offering to draw Aeroplane as compensation, Aeroplane agreed to remove the photos but did not follow through completely.

How did the content creator's face eventually get leaked on TikTok?

Despite Aeroplane's promise to remove the photos, someone went through her account, screenshotted the content creator's face from her story highlights, and posted it on an anonymous TikTok account.

What was the content creator's reaction when they discovered their face on TikTok?

The content creator felt anxious and upset, and they reached out to Aeroplane to ask her to remove the story highlights containing their face.

What did the content creator learn from the experience with Aeroplane and the TikTok incident?

The content creator learned the importance of being more straightforward and assertive about their privacy boundaries and the need to be more vigilant in checking the actions of others regarding their personal information.

How did the content creator handle the situation after realizing their face was leaked on TikTok?

The content creator messaged their high school group chat to investigate the source of the leak, contacted Aeroplane to remove the story highlights, and sent a long message emphasizing the importance of privacy.

Outlines

00:00

😷 Face Reveal Anxiety and Privacy Concerns

The speaker discusses their initial reluctance to reveal their face online due to privacy concerns, stemming from a past incident where a hate group attempted to dox them. They recount their efforts to remove personal photos from the internet, including a challenging interaction with a friend, 'Aeroplane', who was reluctant to delete photos of the speaker from her public account. The speaker expresses frustration over the lack of understanding from their friend regarding the seriousness of privacy issues and the potential danger of personal information being leaked online.

05:00

🤦‍♀️ Misunderstandings and the Impact of Online Exposure

This paragraph delves into the complexities of the speaker's interactions with their friend 'Aeroplane', who fails to grasp the severity of the privacy breach. Despite the speaker's explanations of the inappropriate messages they received and their discomfort with the situation, 'Aeroplane' dismisses the concerns, leading to a breakdown in communication. The speaker also highlights the irony of their friend's eventual understanding and subsequent inaction, which results in the photos being leaked on TikTok, causing further distress.

10:02

🕵️‍♂️ The Unintended Consequences of Online Privacy Breach

The speaker narrates the aftermath of their face being leaked on TikTok, despite assurances from 'Aeroplane' that it wouldn't happen. They describe the emotional turmoil and the sense of violation that came with the realization that their privacy had been compromised. The narrative includes the speaker's attempt to address the issue by reaching out to 'Aeroplane' and requesting the removal of the story highlights containing their photos, which were initially dismissed but eventually agreed upon.

15:04

🌐 Reflecting on Privacy and the Struggle for Control

In the final paragraph, the speaker reflects on the entire experience, expressing a lack of blame towards 'Aeroplane' but acknowledging the difficulty in dealing with the situation. They emphasize the importance of respecting personal boundaries and privacy, especially in the digital age. The speaker also shares their future plans of traveling to Japan and hints at more content to come, concluding the video with a note of optimism despite the challenges faced.

Keywords

💡face reveal

A 'face reveal' refers to the act of publicly disclosing one's face or identity, especially in the context of online anonymity. In the video, the creator discusses their experience with a face reveal, which is significant as it marks a departure from their previous online presence where their identity was concealed. The creator had done a face reveal over a month ago, and the video reflects on the implications and reactions to this event.

💡dox

To 'dox' someone means to publicly reveal their private personal information without their consent. The term is derived from 'docs', short for documents. In the script, the creator recounts an incident where a hate group attempted to 'dox' them, which involved searching for and sharing their personal information, including their face and address, online.

💡privacy invasion

Privacy invasion occurs when someone's personal information or space is intruded upon without permission. The video's theme revolves around the creator's struggle with privacy invasion, particularly after their face was leaked online without consent. The creator's concern for privacy is evident in their efforts to remove personal photos from public view.

💡hate group

A 'hate group' is an organization that promotes violence or animosity towards a particular group based on attributes such as race, religion, or sexual orientation. In the context of the video, the creator mentions a hate group that targeted them, flooding their comments and direct messages with derogatory terms and attempting to invade their privacy.

💡anxiety

Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. The creator expresses anxiety throughout the video, especially in relation to their privacy being compromised and the potential for their face to be discovered by unwanted parties.

💡insecurity

Insecurity refers to a lack of confidence or a feeling of vulnerability, often related to one's self-esteem. The script mentions the creator's past insecurities about their appearance and how the unwanted exposure online could have negatively affected their self-image and the progress they had made in overcoming these insecurities.

💡blackmail

Blackmail is the act of threatening to reveal embarrassing, disgraceful, or compromising information about someone unless they act in a certain way. In the video, the creator recounts receiving an email that could be considered an attempt at blackmail, where the sender threatened to find and use their photos for malicious purposes.

💡Tik Tok

Tik Tok is a social media platform known for its short-form videos. In the script, the creator's face was leaked through an anonymous Tik Tok account, which posted a series of their pictures without permission. This incident highlights the challenges of maintaining privacy in the digital age and the creator's subsequent wariness of the platform.

💡DMs (Direct Messages)

DMs, or Direct Messages, are private messages sent between users on social media platforms. The creator mentions receiving DMs from viewers and others, some of which contained threats or advice related to their online privacy and the attempts to uncover their identity.

💡moral obligation

A 'moral obligation' is a duty or responsibility one feels based on ethical or personal principles, rather than on legal requirements. The video discusses the creator's expectation that a friend would respect their moral obligation to protect their privacy by removing publicly accessible photos, which the friend initially resisted.

💡self-esteem

Self-esteem refers to the value or worth that one attributes to oneself. The creator discusses their past struggles with low self-esteem, particularly in relation to their appearance, and how the unwanted exposure online could have undermined their efforts to improve their self-worth.

Highlights

Content creator faced a dilemma with privacy after a face reveal, which was a significant event online.

The creator had experienced previous incidents of face exposure online, leading to concerns about privacy and safety.

A hate group attempted to dox the creator in 2021, sparking a series of events to protect personal information.

The creator received advice from viewers on how to protect privacy, leading to a realization of oversharing on social media.

A friend, referred to as 'Aeroplane', had publicly posted photos of the creator, which were requested to be removed for privacy reasons.

The creator humorously offered to pay 'Aeroplane' to remove an unflattering photo, highlighting the personal discomfort with the exposure.

Despite initial refusal, 'Aeroplane' eventually agreed to archive the photos after the creator expressed serious privacy concerns.

The creator's face was leaked on TikTok, causing distress and prompting a reevaluation of trust in 'Aeroplane'.

The creator's attempts to explain the severity of the privacy breach to 'Aeroplane' were met with misunderstanding and dismissal.

A series of inappropriate messages and threats were shared to emphasize the creator's discomfort with the situation.

The creator's past insecurities and the struggle to maintain a positive self-image amid online scrutiny were discussed.

Despite promises, 'Aeroplane' failed to remove all photos, leading to a breach of privacy and a breakdown in their friendship.

The creator's reflection on the incident, acknowledging their own shortcomings in handling the situation more assertively.

A second incident of accidental exposure in a video, highlighting the ongoing struggle with privacy in the digital age.

The creator's upcoming travel plans to Japan, a dream come true, and the anticipation of new content for the audience.

A closing statement from the creator, expressing gratitude for the audience's support and promising more content in the future.

Transcripts

good evening afternoon or night exot for

legal reasons I don't know where you

live so yada yada I did a face reveal

about over a month ago big deal

according to the attention span of the

internet that's basically 10 years old

news at this point no one cares but did

you know that this isn't the first time

my face was shown online yes folks as

attentive and cautious of a person I may

seem I have actually been dos before I

have wanted to tell the story for ages

but I couldn't because first of all the

main one included someone that I used to

be friends with but we haven't talked in

over 2 years so I think I'm in the clear

here second of all I know that making my

face widely known that it was leaked

would only cause more people to find the

leaked thing so I just wanted to be as

lowkey as possible and wait until I

actually revealed my face to do that

anyways from what I remember there have

been two incidents where my face got

leaked the first one came from the grand

year of 2021 when I had just gotten

started on YouTube now I think a lot of

you guys especially older viewers know

about the time where a random hate group

wanted to dox me and just flooded my

comments and DMS with every slur under

the moon you know they were trying to

find my address they were trying to find

my face on Facebook they're trying to

find my name which they found to be

felen

son that's not even my real name yeah

fun times but after that I grew kind of

paranoid that there were like grown ass

people trying to find out about me me

which I think is reasonable I mean they

never really managed to find anything

about me because of their low IQ I don't

think they'd even be able to find a lamp

in a lamp store but yeah after that you

know I got really nervous there were

some viewers that were in my DMs giving

me advice on what to do they were

telling me I had way too many stuff that

was public and if I didn't want my

privacy invaded I should like take some

action and I listened some of them even

sent me my own home address to prove a

point um it did not help at all in fact

it just made me even more paranoid and I

couldn't sleep that night but I

appreciate the sentiment so my first

plan of action was to make sure that

every available photo of me was either

in my friend's private accounts or

completely scrubbed from the internet

and as you know it is impossible to

erase things if they've been posted

before but luckily before this I had

done a great job at making sure my face

was not public at all since all of my

social media accounts were mainly art

focused as I was checking I realized

that I had one friend in particular that

had a bunch of my photos on her account

which was public most that I didn't even

know were posted there now let's call

this friend Aeroplane at this point the

video I posted about the hate group had

not blown up to the magnitude it has

today as so I didn't have enough

attention to have people finding her

account yet thankfully I had a head

start on this whole thing thus I

immediately contacted airoplane now

here's when I had a little [ __ ] moment

all right I wanted all photos of my face

removed from her account but I didn't

didn't want to be like a bother you know

there was probably like six I'm guessing

so I just went ahead and looked for the

one that made me feel extra insecure

because they were bad pictures I look

rough I wed in in like a jokey way like

I said oh can you please archive this

please I'm so ugly I'll pay you and keep

in mind this was after I told her that

people were trying to find my face and I

know it wasn't written seriously but she

genuinely seemed like she wasn't going

to delete it until I made a deal to give

her stuff so I gave her the two bags of

anim that my dad got for me that was

tragic now that I'm a university student

and I'm constantly fighting for my life

I think I'd rather have my face leaked

than give someone my food now I don't

want aerplane to come across as bad and

I I just I just don't think I really

have any control over it so after I

thought about it some more I decided to

like [ __ ] up and ask her to please

archive the photos that have my face in

them so she could still have those

photos it's just that it won't be public

anymore and my message to her was once

again kind of beating around the bush

you know I told her that she didn't have

to do it if it was too much work and I

felt bad asking she refused and told me

that she loves the pics with me and them

however I'm honestly a very cynical but

kind of funny way to view this is that

she want she likes the photos cuz I make

everyone else in the photo look better

with how Strangely I was built at the

time it was rough it was a rough time

right this hair is a disgrace to

humanity I tried to explain to her that

I like those pictures too I don't but

the problem was that people were trying

to leak my face without my permission

and it made me feel really unsafe and

scared and at this point I was starting

to get like kind of frustrated because

she wasn't really getting my point and

before we get into this any further I I

know she has no legal obligation to

Archive those photos I understand that

she doesn't have to do it like I'm not

holding a gun against her head but I was

her friend okay I was her very

distressed friend so there is

moral thing going on here I know that if

my friend was in that situation I would

be archiving those photos immediately

just to give them an ease of mind so she

says the thing is your face is already

on YouTube and online so what would be

the 100 more photos and I'm like oh okay

I mean my face without the mask you know

like that's what I'm talking about she

says

yeah huh I have an a star in english

comprehension I have fought against

native English speakers in my school to

remain at the top I have analyzed poetry

and stories from Edgar alen Poe I've

journeyed into ancient Greek philosophy

and still this interaction truly trumps

everything that I thought I had known

what do you mean yeah she okay so she

tells me that I face is already online

so there's no harm in her having more

pics of my face I explained to her that

the difference is that those pictures

had a mask on and the ones on her

account didn't have a mask on that's why

I wasn't okay with it and she says

yeah what is she why are you yelling I

don't get it I don't get it so I sent

her this long advice R viewer of mine

sent me so naturally if someone just

sped to spend less than 10 minutes

scrolling through her account they'd

find it all I had to prove to her that

people were trying to find my face to

which she responded

H glic was pondering I was trying to

express how anxiety driven how Panic

inducing this whole ordeal was on me how

people were trying to find info of me

online she proceeds to tell me that

she's trying to find info on me online

why I don't know what point she was

trying to put here okay there was no

point it's a circle she was she went

like unish and sent me photos

of my art accounts these accounts are

linked online yeah those are my art

accounts where I post art because

they're my art and there's no selfies of

me on there I literally talk about my

art account on my first ever video on

YouTube how is this even related at all

they're not even distant cousins she

says Ah but what is the problem of

seeing your face so I explain again it's

a personal privacy thing and she seemed

to get it cuz she said I see but oh she

did not see she was blind I explained

further that people were saying weird of

inappropriate stuff about me and trying

to force me to show my full face and

those weird inappropriate stuff would

just get even more gross if they saw it

I was so desperate to show her like this

is really affecting me that I sent her

this email that someone sent me where

they wanted me to show them my chest uh

that's weird as hell in zone and it's

even wether when you think about how at

the time I was 16 I felt very

uncomfortable so I show her all these

weird inappropriate messages I got and

she says that's kind of

funny to each their own I reply with E

and you know it's serious when I say e

cuz that's the indicator that I'm

disagreeing I'm just uncomfortable with

it since I don't know how old the person

who said that even is yuck and also

there a stranger asking me to F

I think anyone could see how that's

weird even if I wasn't 16 people might

say what do you expect you know you have

an online presence you know you asked

for this to which I say shut up and stop

normalizing gross stuff I did not ask

for it if I asked for it I would ask for

it so at this point I thought she

understood and was willing to go with it

in fact I even offered to draw her as

compensation for the trouble which I did

do and at that point I thought okay

that's subtle but then another the

problem comes at first she said she just

wanted to delete one photo because she

like the others um I repeated again that

I didn't need her to delete them she can

just archive them so she can look back

at the photo anytime she wants it just

won't be accessible to the public on her

account but then she sends me a voice

message and I just want to say this [ __ ]

aged worse than Prince Phillip okay like

the thing is I don't think like I

honestly don't think that a stalker

first of all will find my account and if

they do they'll probably not not find

this picture cuz then they'd have to

like go all the way down and like scroll

scroll scroll to like the right to find

it so it's not like like I really doubt

a stalker will somehow manage to find my

account and then find this picture you

know what I mean I Got 5 DMS from people

saying they're going to find me for fun

and I want to say the problem wasn't

that I thought that I was so popular

that people were trying to find me okay

it was that in reality people are just

weird there is definitely going to be

one one person out of millions that's

willing to spend an extra 30 minutes a

day trying to find your info and make

you uncomfortable like exposing people

like that was the reason I went viral in

the first place cuz if I was a stalker

and saw this instant and didn't outright

see any pict of you I probs won't go

through the trouble to search key word

key word if I was a stalker you're not

you're not I do hope that all stalkers

in the world are like you that I think

it' probably be a lot less scary scary

keyword to props props so again I wanted

to hammer in that I felt really unsafe

they found my school already so rip plus

I got an email threatening to find

pictures of my face as blackmail or

something laughing

emojis but how is that blackmail like

the worst that wouldn't happen is people

see your

face she did not

see she did not see I know the world's

not goingon to blow up if you will find

my face no but to me I just don't want

it shown and yeah another main reason is

that I used to be very insecure about my

appearance and this was around the time

where I decided to shift my attention

away from how I looked cuz I also just

didn't want my content to be focused

around that I knew that I used to have

very low self-esteem and I have fought

really really hard to change my

mentality but if at the time random

strangers online kept commenting about

how I looked then it would ruin all the

progress that I made so I explained to

her what blackmail is I I know she meant

it in a rhetorical way but I was simply

so AUST that I turned into Google I

explained again that it was a privacy

issue and I simply was not comfortable

with it being shown on the internet when

I'm not ready especially with the

traction I was getting at the time I

see do you

though do you though so she agreed to

get rid of the photos promised me they

had all been scrubbed and I believed

her what a fool I was yeah you so you

remember how she said no one was going

to bother to go through her account and

scroll all the way just to screenshot my

face and that she really doubted that

would happen you'll never believe what

ended up happening someone went through

her account scrolled all the way and

screenshotted my face how could this

have happened if only some someone could

have predicted this occurring I got a DM

from a viewer about like a year later I

guess that an anonymous Tik Tok account

posted a series of my pictures there and

the pictures were like old none of them

were selfies so I knew it had to have

been a friend from high school that had

these pictures up I honestly didn't

really know what to do during this I

don't handle stress the best okay I'm

more of a fight and flight at the same

time kind of person I couldn't make a

post about it online acknowledging it or

anything anything because that would

just send more people to look at it and

it was such a difficult position to be

in because people were tagging me trying

to let me know um out of sheer good

intent I understand but all I could do

was keep quiet which just led to more

people tagging me thinking I was unaware

I messaged the high school group chat

that I was in showed them this video and

asked them if any of them recognized

these screenshots so at first we thought

someone in our school made the account

but then one of my friends told me that

they recognized the photo from

aeroplanes account I so I did the

longest sigh in my head before I went

and messaged her hey Aeroplane I think

one of your followers screenshot at my

face and posted a bunch of it on Tik Tok

OMG I sent about it in the group chat uh

turns out she wasn't in that group chat

anymore because she had a bad falling

out with our other friends I was already

back in Malaysia at this point so I was

just kind of clueless about that she

said show me and do you know who this

follower is I would like to block them

no idea they made a fake Tik Tok account

what I told her to please check her

stories uh because according to our

friend or like her exer it was from her

account what's in my

stories how did you graduate like if the

screenshots from Tik Tok are from your

Instagram stories I'm not sure whose it

is so I'm just asking everyone and she

tells me that she only recognizes one of

those photos from there and that the

others were probably the fault of our

other friends it was the worst photo by

the way oh my God I look like an old man

who's a master at naong what the [ __ ] is

this photo this is not me Meo look like

this I decided that I can't really trust

this girl at her word anymore so I went

and did some investigating of my own and

as it turns

out they were all from her story they

were in the Highlight bro that me check

oh [ __ ] you're right they are from my

stories I had no exp what to respond

with I just wrote ye like I was a cowboy

and asked her if she could remove the

story highlights with me and them if she

had refused at this point I honestly

would have just given up but thankfully

she agreed to do that so after refusing

to take down my photos at first when I

asked because she claimed no one would

ever search through her account just to

find them then promising me that she did

scrub them off her account only do have

neglected a [ __ ] ton of her story

highlights which I didn't even know was

supposed to led to my face being leaked

and my anxiety going through the roof

all she had to say was this I never look

at my highlights AA sorry about

that not that aane I was too mature at

the time to yell I Told You So at your

face but not anymore I Told You So told

me that she would delete all those posts

immediately and that she would not me

when she's done I checked again and yeah

there was still a [ __ ] ton of photos of

me she she did not delete a single one I

realized at that point that she just

truly did not understand the magnitude

of the situation or maybe she just

didn't care because she didn't think it

was a big deal I guess so I sent her a

long message the type that I had to make

sure was grammatically correct cuz it

was such a serious Yap session I just

want you to know that I'm really focused

on privacy especially my face I know it

probably doesn't seem important to you

but it matters a lot to me it's why I

asked you to delete stuff with my face

in them on your in Instagram a while ago

now that it's gotten out to people the

thing I'm most worried about happened of

course I don't blame you since you

forgot and it clearly wasn't your

intention but it's just really important

to me so could you just delete or

private them somehow before more people

find it I don't want to waste your time

but as your friend I am being honest and

letting you know that I'm very worried

about my safety and privacy this is

something that I did not want to be made

public she responded in a proper manner

and I did appreciate what she wrote she

said yeah no I completely understand

that file I'll delete them privacy is

very important to you and I respect that

very much so she does get rid of them

and asked me to check it again I found a

couple more that she missed out on she

got rid of those also and I just thanked

her and we've never spoken since

basically now reflecting on this

situation do I blame her no not really I

mean at the end of the day the only

person that you can actually put the

blame on is whoever made that Tik Tok

account to intentionally leak my face in

the first place also fun fact that's

kind of the reason I was never really

active on Tik Tok uh my enemy is that

blue search thing cuz I knew that if I

went viral there people were definitely

going to ask about the mask and then

someone will comment oh this account has

the face reveal and then everyone would

just go there I guess to this day the

one thing I feel I have the right to be

annoyed by is how she kept trying to

tell me that it wouldn't happen she just

refused to believe that I knew what was

going to go on and it did happen it did

it did I just don't understand why it's

so hard for some people to respect or

accept that I just wanted to be faceless

even if you don't think that I have a

good enough enough reason for you that

was my boundary so yeah if uh you

somehow do find airplane don't do

anything I really just wanted to finally

explain the Tik Tok video it's been

years since that happened we've gone

over this um I didn't handle it

perfectly as well I should have been

more straight forward should have put my

foot down more should have checked her

account more and also her mom is still

friends with my mom so that's kind of

awkward uh so that's probably the

lengthiest story I have the other one is

just me being dumb I can't remember

which video it was but uh it was

definitely when I was already in

University so around this year basically

I had a section in my video where I was

washing my face that I Mosaic blurred

and my blur just kind of went we for

half a

second I never noticed it and also why

is it always at such a bad time like why

can't I accidentally dox my own face

when I look hot why does it have to be

when I'm washing my face or contorting

my expression in a way that is very

weird thankfully at this point though um

I was not as relevant online as I was in

201 21 to 2022 so it barely caught wind

thank God so that's it that's the whole

story I hope that you're entertained

sorry for the lack of videos it was

assignment weeks and I got sick but

don't worry there's going to be like a

lot coming soon because I'm going to be

traveling overseas with my family to

Japan yes this was 12-year-old me's

biggest dream so lots of Vlogs coming

soon thank you all for watching and I

will see you all in the next one bye

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