The first case of ‘cyber-flashing’ is being investigated in the UK, after a woman on a train in South London received an unwanted picture of a man’s penis via the AirDrop feature on her iPhone.
Lorraine Crighton-Smith told the BBC she felt violated. The 34-year-old added that she had the AirDrop feature because she had been sending pictures to another iPhone user.
By swiping up from the bottom of the iPad or iPhone screen, the AirDrop settings can be accessed from the control centre. The case exposes the potentially problematic nature of the feature, which can be used to send pictures to another person in the immediate vicinity if they also have the technology.
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