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: 1) by eof on Wednesday August 19 2015, @12:02AM
I agree there is probably not much more to it than someone get excited by breaching societal norms. I mention the quote simply to point out that, unlike the previous dog examples, there is the potential for some form of escalation. Note that I view the quote as representing two questions, the most important being "What's the next stage from sending a naked photograph to a stranger, what happens next?"