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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?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Tuesday August 18 2015, @04:06PM
Your comparison isn't quite right as the device and system was used as it was meant to be used. It would be more like someone sending her a letter with a photograph of a penis and not including a return address on the letter. Sure, it's probably unwanted, but that controls itself as it costs extra money. In this case it isn't controlled by the money aspect, if someone already owns the device it doesn't cost them extra to send those nude photos. I actually wouldn't be surprised, if it was a stunt by someone she knew. Think immature prank. Sure, it could be some random phone flashing thing, but who really cares at that point? I've seen worse from random pop-up advertisements on the internet . . . the difference is that 99% of people don't call the police when that happens.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday August 18 2015, @04:17PM
I'm not sure I buy this argument, but I can accept it as a valid viewpoint.
(Score: 2) by mojo chan on Wednesday August 19 2015, @08:01AM
I don't think AirDrop was designed or intended to be used to sending unsolicited dick pics.
Flashing is the correct analogy. For reasons too complex to get in to our society sees unexpectedly revealing your genitals to another human being in public to be unacceptable. This is no different, other than the chance of being caught is much lower.
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