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Also, anyone who rides public transportation in a major metropolitan area has probably experienced perverts airdropping them pornography, and this would fix tha

Also, anyone who rides public transportation in a major metropolitan area has probably experienced perverts airdropping them pornography, and this would fix that issue.

HDThoreaun 4y ago
I have not experienced this in my 10 years on the subway.
- warunsl 4y ago
  I am not sure if you are a man or a woman. Try changing the name of your iPhone to something like "Heather's iPhone" and then turn on AirDrop to "Everyone" on your subway rides. I am sure your experience will be vastly different.
  - dymk 4y ago
    Are you just guessing or do you actually have a reason to believe this?
    - Terretta 4y ago
      Commuting in NYC on Subway. My wife's phone is actually "Heather's iPhone" and it happened any time she accidentally left "Everyone" after e.g. a conference. While she's more amused than offended, she thinks it's a good idea this promiscuous mode will now turn itself back off if she forgets.
      - simion314 4y ago
        Do you think your wife could handle one extra option that is not the default where some users could change the 10 minutes to 1 or more hours? Or is that too many options for the average users?
        Terretta 4y ago
        She's got no problem with settings, but it's preferable if it remembers for you to turn it back off. What Apple does for a lot of things (see Focus, or DND) is "until I leave this place" (or event if in a calendared event) and "until tomorrow", those make more sense to me than a particular time frame.
        simion314 4y ago
        So in this case where someone has for some special event to enable this feature they can get a few options. I was asking because Apple and GNOME fanboys claim that the average user is incapable to choose for themselves. But honestly in this case they needed to release it globally, then designers would be happy they removed a feature, Apple could continue selling the idea that they respect human rights and privacy.
        andreyvit 4y ago
        Sure, in any particular case, users could handle multiple options. But if you add multiple options in every similar ambiguous case, your phone suddenly becomes an Android or worse. And those who want that can already use Android; as someone who prefers the minimalistic design of Apple, I sure don't want options to multiply and spread in the UI, even if it occasionally means working around some limitation.
        simion314 4y ago
        I don't believe this, a good designer can handle the task of showing all important options in a intuitive way and hide some of the stuff in an Advanced section.
        gorkish 4y ago
        There simply isnt a need to "Set the feature" for any kind of event. It's not like you can turn this on, put your phone in your pocket and then have people send unsolicited files to your phone all day long. Airdrop only works when your phone is unlocked and in use. You already have to interact with it to receive something, and you can put a shortcut button in control center for it. Making the privacy-preserving setting the default is the right call. Whether or not China had anything to do with it is honestly irrelevant.
    - fomine3 4y ago
      AirDrop harassment is a thing and sometimes arrested in Japan, shame. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190821/p2a/00m/0na/005000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190821/p2a/00m/0na/00...
kgermino 4y ago
Do you ride public transportation in a major metropolitan area? This is not a thing I've ever even heard of happening (I'm sure someone has done it) in the real world
- keotuk 4y ago
  It happens enough that the UK government want to outlaw it. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cyberflashing-to-become-a-criminal-offence https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cyberflashing-to-become-a...
  - wfme 4y ago
    > The practice typically involves offenders sending an unsolicited sexual image to people via social media or dating apps, but can also be over data sharing services such as Bluetooth and Airdrop. I'd wager the majority of cases they refer to being via social media and dating apps given the language.

Also, anyone who rides public transportation in a major metropolitan area has probably experienced perverts airdropping them pornography, and this would fix that issue.

HDThoreaun 4y ago

I have not experienced this in my 10 years on the subway.

warunsl 4y ago
I am not sure if you are a man or a woman. Try changing the name of your iPhone to something like "Heather's iPhone" and then turn on AirDrop to "Everyone" on your subway rides. I am sure your experience will be vastly different.
- dymk 4y ago
  Are you just guessing or do you actually have a reason to believe this?
  - Terretta 4y ago
    Commuting in NYC on Subway. My wife's phone is actually "Heather's iPhone" and it happened any time she accidentally left "Everyone" after e.g. a conference. While she's more amused than offended, she thinks it's a good idea this promiscuous mode will now turn itself back off if she forgets.
    - simion314 4y ago
      Do you think your wife could handle one extra option that is not the default where some users could change the 10 minutes to 1 or more hours? Or is that too many options for the average users?
      - Terretta 4y ago
        She's got no problem with settings, but it's preferable if it remembers for you to turn it back off. What Apple does for a lot of things (see Focus, or DND) is "until I leave this place" (or event if in a calendared event) and "until tomorrow", those make more sense to me than a particular time frame.
        simion314 4y ago
        So in this case where someone has for some special event to enable this feature they can get a few options. I was asking because Apple and GNOME fanboys claim that the average user is incapable to choose for themselves. But honestly in this case they needed to release it globally, then designers would be happy they removed a feature, Apple could continue selling the idea that they respect human rights and privacy.
        andreyvit 4y ago
        Sure, in any particular case, users could handle multiple options. But if you add multiple options in every similar ambiguous case, your phone suddenly becomes an Android or worse. And those who want that can already use Android; as someone who prefers the minimalistic design of Apple, I sure don't want options to multiply and spread in the UI, even if it occasionally means working around some limitation.
        simion314 4y ago
        I don't believe this, a good designer can handle the task of showing all important options in a intuitive way and hide some of the stuff in an Advanced section.
        gorkish 4y ago
        There simply isnt a need to "Set the feature" for any kind of event. It's not like you can turn this on, put your phone in your pocket and then have people send unsolicited files to your phone all day long. Airdrop only works when your phone is unlocked and in use. You already have to interact with it to receive something, and you can put a shortcut button in control center for it. Making the privacy-preserving setting the default is the right call. Whether or not China had anything to do with it is honestly irrelevant.
  - fomine3 4y ago
    AirDrop harassment is a thing and sometimes arrested in Japan, shame. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190821/p2a/00m/0na/005000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190821/p2a/00m/0na/00...

kgermino 4y ago

Do you ride public transportation in a major metropolitan area? This is not a thing I've ever even heard of happening (I'm sure someone has done it) in the real world

keotuk 4y ago
It happens enough that the UK government want to outlaw it. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cyberflashing-to-become-a-criminal-offence https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cyberflashing-to-become-a...
- wfme 4y ago
  > The practice typically involves offenders sending an unsolicited sexual image to people via social media or dating apps, but can also be over data sharing services such as Bluetooth and Airdrop. I'd wager the majority of cases they refer to being via social media and dating apps given the language.