Security News > 2021 > July > AirDropped Gun Photo Causes Terrorist Scare

1, A teenager used a defect in the way an Apple product AirDrop works,2, to send a photo of an airsoft pellet gun to a whole group of passengers using Apple products,3, because they had the virtually undocumented by Apple settings on their Apple phone incorrectly set.4, A product that Apple and it's staff could have fixed or correctly documented years ago but deliberately chose not to do so.

Not an Android App, running on Googles Android OS, or any other mobile phone OS, running on some other manufactures mobile phone hardware etc, Apple's products from start to finish.

All because Apple and it's employees decided that's the way it should work.

"Lets be honest here it was at worst a prank that due to the stupidity of Apple and it's fanbois has been used for probably almoat as long as the teen has been alive for just exactly that"pranking".

You however became incandescent with "White rage" and went into attack mode to defend Apple's cupidity for some reason.

So you took the position this is nothing what so ever to do with Apple, it's approved application running on Apple's OS and Apple's Hardware.

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