Pocket-Lint Recommendation: Amazon Echo Devices.Pocket-Lint Recommendations: Fire TV Stick.So, what was our IT engineer told when they asked? ‘They clicked on accept without looking or thinking. Software generally operates on habit, humans act on the habit of clicking on a notification, often without even reading the text it contains. So, how come our students managed to be offended by a stranger sending them offensive photos? Here is another teaching moment: far too often we are distracted when we use our phones. Yet, even if you have left a setting that is more public than private, you will still get a notification that a file is being sent which you have to accept on your phone. It is a little more complex to set up than Airdrop on the iPhone but there are plenty of tutorials online, this tutorial is a little older but is more detailed. Their ‘Device Visibility’ allows you choose among three options: all contacts, some contacts and hidden. Apple’s briefing tells us: ‘Users can also choose to use AirDrop to share with everyone, or turn off the feature entirely.’ Android phones have their very own version of AirDrop, the ‘Nearby Share’ app. (In what follows, make sure you click on the underlined text as it will take you to tutorials if you want a step by step guide).Īirdrop is set to invite only your friends in by default: contacts only. Only invite your friends in and make sure the door is locked unless you open it. If you wan to avoid dodgy characters in your home, don’t keep you front door open. The reason students or staff in the library are receiving unwanted images is because they need to learn about privacy settings on their phones.Ī phone with a setting that is open to anyone nearby, is the equivalent of choosing to go for coffee with any stranger no matter how suspicious they look. From a learning technology perpective this is a teaching moment not one to track culprits.
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