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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: 2) by Tramii on Tuesday August 18 2015, @04:13PM
Your smartphone is not private in any way. It's one of the *least* private things in our lives. Anyone can call/text/email/tweet/etc you at any time. We use it to view webpages and apps like Facebook where just about anything can pop up on our screens. You cannot seriously argue that there is any reasonable expectation of being about to 100% control what you receive on anything connected to the open internet.
The first definition is talking about people walking in while you are relaxing in your house or something along those lines. It has nothing to do with getting a phone call at home by a telemarketer or by getting sent dick pics.