Joe McLean reports:
A Jefferson City man faces charges of taking and sharing explicit photos of several women.
The victim had recently taken her cellphone to iRepair, a cellphone repair shop in Jefferson City, for a routine repair.
Read more on ABC17.
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Ummmm, Some people are clueless. if you have naked photos of yourself on a phone, and your going to allow others to handle your, errrr phone without supervision, one would THINK that removing the photos might be a GOOD IDEA. This may be a fine line as to how far a repair center can go to ensure the repairs to the phone are done right. Sure, they should have done the good deed, say WHOA ! and immediately closed the photo down and left it at that.
I don’t know what this person looks like, but it must have been good enough to take a chance at showing off her style to others. Now, the employee will probably be branded as untrustworthy when it comes to material that should be closely guarded. Sure it’s an invasion of privacy once the employee forwarded the photos. If he viewed them himself while working on the device, all he had to do is confront the customer, and say something to the effect “while working on your phone, we tested several options to make sure the repairs were done correct, and I stumbled upon these photos (show her one on the device). ” Wait for a response, and if there isn’t any mushroom cloud or blood red embarrassment, there may be an opportunity to carry the conversation further…….
Being upfront and honest is hard to come by now a days, but it still exists. It builds a trust between the customer and the business, and goes a long way. Word of mouth is the best advertisement, and if this episode was handled better, it could have been a big positive rather than a huge negative.
I understand selfies are trendy and hip, but commmon, if your going to have other people look at your phone……… Most people are curious, even though it may not be the smartest move on both accounts, none of this would have been an issue – in this documented case – if the photos would have been removed prior to having the phone serviced.
Some how it may boil down to a targeted attack to sue a business. Time will tell.