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Police Investigate Case of "Cyber-Flashing"

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday August 18 2015, @03:10PM   
from the look-for-people-in-trench-coats dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The BBC reports on a woman who was sent pictures of a penis via Apple AirDrop.

The victim received two pictures of an unknown man's penis on her phone via Apple's Airdrop sharing function.

Lorraine Crighton-Smith, 34, said she felt "violated" and reported it to the British Transport Police (BTP).

Supt Gill Murray said this particular crime was new to her force and urged people to report any other incidents.

Ms Crighton-Smith, who was travelling on a train in south London, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme: "I had Airdrop switched on because I had been using it previously to send photos to another iPhone user - and a picture appeared on the screen of a man's penis, which I was quite shocked by.

The article later describes how to make sure that AirDrop is set to only allow pictured from known contacts.

Is this a major privacy issue or is it simply a case of a misconfigured device?

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• Surprise, surprise Surprise, surprise (Score: 5, Funny) by drussell on Tuesday August 18 2015, @03:23PM

  by drussell (2678) on Tuesday August 18 2015, @03:23PM (#224435) Journal

  Wow, someone used a feature that allows others to easily drop photos into your phone to actually drop photos into your phone?

  And you're surprised?

  [Facepalm]

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• Re:Surprise, surprise (Score: 3, Funny) by TheGratefulNet on Tuesday August 18 2015, @03:36PM

  by TheGratefulNet (659) on Tuesday August 18 2015, @03:36PM (#224439)

  its the user's own fault. you should have installed iPrude(tm), first.

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