AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend

@aaronstuder said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

Who changed the title? I was really looking for to hearing @scottalanmiller talk about it on the weekly roundup..... =P

What was the original?

AirDropping penis pics is the latest horrifying subway trend

NDC

Given the way this process works I'm thinking all the people jumping on the "Why ever would you hit the accept button, these people are so stupid." bandwagon are likely on the wrong track. Since you see the picture regardless of choice due to the preview I can only imagine that victims are hitting accept to preserve some evidence of what is happening.

They probably should be more careful about their settings but it doesn't make the perpetrators any less garbage.

Alex Sage

@ndc Do you get a preview of a note?

“iPhone 1 would like to share a note with you,” read the note sent at 6:51 p.m. She hit “Accept” and was horrified by what she saw. “It was just a huge close-up picture of a disgusting penis,” said Carlson, of Bushwick, Brooklyn. The message was titled “Straw” and was sent by an anonymous stranger.

DustinB3403

@aaronstuder said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

@ndc Do you get a preview of a note?

“iPhone 1 would like to share a note with you,” read the note sent at 6:51 p.m. She hit “Accept” and was horrified by what she saw. “It was just a huge close-up picture of a disgusting penis,” said Carlson, of Bushwick, Brooklyn. The message was titled “Straw” and was sent by an anonymous stranger.

So he's got a Mr. Skinny. . .

JaredBusch

@ndc said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

Given the way this process works I'm thinking all the people jumping on the "Why ever would you hit the accept button, these people are so stupid." bandwagon are likely on the wrong track. Since you see the picture regardless of choice due to the preview I can only imagine that victims are hitting accept to preserve some evidence of what is happening.

They probably should be more careful about their settings but it doesn't make the perpetrators any less garbage.

The appropriate action there is to screenshot the request. There is no paper trail after the fact to know how you acquired the picture that is now in your camera roll.

NDC

@aaronstuder

Perhaps not, was basing on screenshots posted by @JaredBusch . Which I suppose is possibly showing a different process than was discussed in article.

JaredBusch

@ndc said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

@aaronstuder

Perhaps not, was basing on screenshots posted by @JaredBusch . Which I suppose is possibly showing a different process than was discussed in article.

There is no different process. If you send a picture, that is how it works.

Alex Sage

@jaredbusch said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

There is no different process. If you send a picture, that is how it works.

But they send a note, not a picture....

“iPhone 1 would like to share a note with you,” read the note sent at 6:51 p.m. She hit “Accept” and was horrified by what she saw. “It was just a huge close-up picture of a disgusting penis,” said Carlson, of Bushwick, Brooklyn. The message was titled “Straw” and was sent by an anonymous stranger.

NDC

@jaredbusch said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

@ndc said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

@aaronstuder

Perhaps not, was basing on screenshots posted by @JaredBusch . Which I suppose is possibly showing a different process than was discussed in article.

There is no different process. If you send a picture, that is how it works.

I kind of didn't think so but I've not made much use of AirDrop so giving @aaronstuder the benefit of the doubt as he was questioning it.

JaredBusch

@aaronstuder said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

@jaredbusch said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

There is no different process. If you send a picture, that is how it works.

But they send a note, not a picture....

“iPhone 1 would like to share a note with you,” read the note sent at 6:51 p.m. She hit “Accept” and was horrified by what she saw. “It was just a huge close-up picture of a disgusting penis,” said Carlson, of Bushwick, Brooklyn. The message was titled “Straw” and was sent by an anonymous stranger.

If you share a note, it does auto open the note after you accept.

But this is still 100% on the dumb user that click accept to a random message on the subway.

Alex Sage

Dashrender

@ndc said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

Given the way this process works I'm thinking all the people jumping on the "Why ever would you hit the accept button, these people are so stupid." bandwagon are likely on the wrong track. Since you see the picture regardless of choice due to the preview I can only imagine that victims are hitting accept to preserve some evidence of what is happening.

They probably should be more careful about their settings but it doesn't make the perpetrators any less garbage.

LOL - well your persistence paid off. It was a note, and notes don't have previews... So yeah.. stupid user, but yes - sender is still piece of shit.

JaredBusch

@dashrender said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

@ndc said in AirDropping is the latest horrifying subway trend:

Given the way this process works I'm thinking all the people jumping on the "Why ever would you hit the accept button, these people are so stupid." bandwagon are likely on the wrong track. Since you see the picture regardless of choice due to the preview I can only imagine that victims are hitting accept to preserve some evidence of what is happening.

They probably should be more careful about their settings but it doesn't make the perpetrators any less garbage.

LOL - well your persistence paid off. It was a note, and notes don't have previews... So yeah.. stupid user, but yes - sender is still piece of shit.

The sender being a piece of shit or not is not relevant.

The stupid fucking user is at fault for accepting something from a stranger.

FFS. Even my 7yo knows "Dont' talk to strangers"