{"id":77858,"date":"2015-08-18T21:54:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T01:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-25T15:52:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:52:28","slug":"prevent-pervy-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/prevent-pervy-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Pervy Pics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Prevent<\/a>From the world of unintended consequences, iPhone<\/strong> users have become the victims of a new phenomenon known as cyber-flashing<\/strong>. Reports<\/a> out of London state that Apple iPhone users are being sent pervy pics. The pervy pics are unsolicited and indecent photographs. <\/strong>The pics are being sent over a new Apple feature in iOS called AirDrop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Bluetooth\"<\/a>AirDrop<\/strong> is a feature on the iPhone, iPad<\/a>, and Mac computers<\/a>. AirDrop allows users to send files<\/strong>, such as images, to each other at a close range. The pics can be sent up to 33 feet<\/strong> (10 m) via a Bluetooth<\/a><\/strong> connection. Apparently, even if the receiver rejects the photo, they are still shown an uncensored preview of the image<\/em>.<\/p>\n

AirDrop initially establishes a connection over Bluetooth. It then uses a direct Wi-Fi connection between the two iPhones to send files. This makes the transfer much quicker. \u00a0It’s supported by devices from the iPhone 5 onwards with iOS<\/a> 7 released back in 2013.<\/p>\n

How to prevent the pervy pics<\/h3>\n

\"Pervy<\/a>To prevent the pervy pics from appearing on your iDevice<\/a>, you need to take action<\/strong>. Mark James, a security specialist at ESET<\/a> UK, explains<\/a>. You have to set your AirDrop settings<\/strong> to \u201cContacts Only\u201d which will only permit AirDrop file transfers from people in your address book or disable AirDrop entirely<\/strong>. He explains that AirDrop is not turned on by default, but it\u2019s easy to set AirDrop to receive from Everyone, and then forget all about it.<\/p>\n

ESET explains how to prevent cyber flashing:<\/p>\n

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  1. On the home screen of your iPhone, swipe up to open the Control Center.<\/li>\n
  2. Tap on AirDrop, below the media playback and volume controls.<\/li>\n
  3. Tap ‘Off’ or ‘Contacts Only’ to prevent files from being sent from strangers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Apple<\/a><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0Bach Seat<\/a>\u00a0about IT, careers and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him at\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    iPhones users can get unwanted pervy pics via Bluetooth and airdrop you need to change your iPhone configuration to to stop the pervy pics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3277,420,2513,101,1189,1135,296,304,2512,579],"class_list":["post-77858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-3277","tag-aapl","tag-airdrop","tag-apple","tag-bluetooth","tag-ios","tag-ipad","tag-iphone","tag-porn","tag-wi-fi-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t