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

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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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday August 19 2015, @05:37PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 19 2015, @05:37PM (#225097) Journal

    Interesting. I like your choice of words with "alarmed". More women - and men - should be alarmed more often. The term shocked seems a bit overboard to me. Among other things, I do have EMT training (Emergency Medical Technician - spelled it out since you're on the other side of the big pond) and I associate shock with trauma. Alarmed. I'm fairly big, fairly strong, and I've held my own in plenty of fights - but I'm still alarmed if some guy starts following me. Being alarmed, I'll react differently than most women, but, yes, I'm alarmed. Alarm is a perfectly valid reaction when a potential threat is percieved.

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