Cases of AirDrop cyber-flashing on UK trains doubled in 2019
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What you need to know The number of cases of AirDrop cyber-flashing doubled last year. It mostly happens on the London Underground. Many instances are unreported. Anyone can use AirDrop, depending on the recipient`s settings. The number of people who received unwanted, explicit AirDrop messages on trains in the UK doubled in 2019, according to a Press Association and Sky News report. In 2018 34 reports were made to the British Transport Police, with that reaching 66 last year. However, it`s believed that many instances of cyber-flashing simply go unreported with some victims of the belief that the issue isn`t important enough to notify police over. The problem occurs when users of iPhones, iPads, and Macs have AirDrop configured to allow `Anyone` to send them files, like images in this case. That allows anyone within range to send an image to the recipient. All that recipient sees is a preview of the image and the name of the phone that is sending it. The report notes that mo...