Rihanna Photos Should Serve as Warning

Hey Chris, where'd you put those pictures?

Protect your parts.

Everyone knows the story. One night, you and your lad have a few beers and decide to get kinky. Then, when you've completely forgotten about it months later, all the lovely images of that one night of kink come back to haunt you.

As we've learned from Rihanna and Chris Brown this week, and from numerous other celebs in the past, it can be anywhere from humiliating to completely devastating when your private pictures and videos become public.

So while you may not be as famous or goodlooking, you might also want to prevent your own nudie debacle. In that case, consider these precautions.

Keep Them in a Safe Place

If you absolutely have to take pictures of each other's bedroom activities, don't just leave them out in the open. Find a lock box or hidden drawer, or you risk inadvertently revealing them to friends and family.

Destroy Them

If they're on your computer, make sure to delete them completely. You don't want a big shot of your butt, or worse, to come up while you're presenting a weekly spreadsheet to the boss.

Get Them Before the Ex Does

One of the most common ways private photos and videos get passed around is through spiteful ex-lovers. That means it is your mission to get these private materials out of their hands before they have a chance to use them.

Don't Put Them on the Internet

Once something is uploaded to the internet, it will pretty much be there forever. So unless you want pervs and potential employers to come across your full-frontals, don't put them in cyberspace.