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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @05:05PM
It is a little more unsettling than you might think. It is one thing to be walking down the street and getting flashed, or seeing a picture of a dick laying on the sidewalk, but it is another thing to have it pop up unsolicited on your personal device, sent directly to you. There is a level of violation there in that your personal space has been violated and that you were targeted (as opposed to something like getting a dick picture sent to you via a mass SPAM mailing).
It is more akin to coming home and finding that someone got into your house and left a dick picture on your counter. Sure, it is only a dick picture, but it becomes unsettling that someone got in your house in the first place. Also, not knowing her life story or personal hangups, given the sexual nature of the incident it isn't always as easy as telling her that if it "is inevitable, relax and enjoy it."
(Score: 2) by M. Baranczak on Tuesday August 18 2015, @06:07PM
It is more akin to coming home and finding that someone got into your house and left a dick picture on your counter.
Except in this case, you invited people to come and drop off pictures in your house.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @07:20PM
Not if you set up your phone to accept from known contacts, as the article seems to say.
Besides, even if the door was unlocked, you wouldn't find it wrong and disturbing if you found the picture on your counter? Or do you just blame yourself for leaving the door unlocked?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Tuesday August 18 2015, @08:15PM
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday August 19 2015, @07:37AM
However, it's summer, so I imagine many have their screen doors closed but their security door open.
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