On a Southwest Airlines flight, an interesting warning came from the pilot when a passenger began AirDrop sending nude photos to other passengers.
According to a video posted on TikTok, a pilot warned to cancel the flight because of a passenger on the plane who sent nude photos via AirDrop. The incident occurred on a plane that started to move on the runway from Houston, USA, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
According to the most watched video on TikTok, a passenger reported the situation to the aircraft personnel after receiving a nude photo via AirDrop before the flight. The pilot made a warning announcement. The pilot’s announcement included the following statements: “Let’s make a deal. If these photos keep coming, I’ll take the plane back to the gate while it’s not ready to take off. Let me land everyone and call the security units and everyone’s trip will be ruined. Or the photos will not come and the plane will take off. So friends, go to Cabo.” If you want this AirDrop, forget whatever it is, don’t send nude photos”
The pilot’s call was captured in an August 25 TikTok post by user Teighlor Marsalis (@teighmars).
The AirDrop mentioned here is Apple’s system that allows sending photos or other files between iPhone, iPad and iPad Touches in close proximity without WiFi or cellular connectivity. Although this tool is very useful for sharing large media files with people you know, iPhone users who do not change their settings so that they cannot be found by other users can cause such undesirable events. If the feature is turned on, a person can accept or decline AirDrop requests.
Marsalis, who recorded TikTok, says that he received one of these photos via AirDrop, but he refused to take it.
“The safety and well-being of customers and employees is always the priority of the Southwest team. When our employees are notified of a potential issue, they address issues to support the comfort of those traveling with us,” Southwest Airlines told FOX Business.
On the other hand, the announcement video of the pilot was viewed about 3 million times.
A NEW CRIME: CYBER FLASHING
According to the Associated Press, sending unwanted sexual photos to another person via AirDrop or any other electronic method is called ‘cyberflashing’ and is a new type of crime.
Insider’s report includes a study conducted in the USA and includes the following statements: “‘Cyberflashing’, which we define as sending unwanted and obscene photos to nearby strangers, is not a new problem. In a 2017 Pew Research Center report, 53% of women aged 18-29 A report from 2021 showed that 33% of women under 35 had been sexually harassed online overall (three times more often than men in the same age range). It is already considered a crime in
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