This article is from WeChat official account:Epoch Story House (ID: epochstory2017), author: mochi, edit: mochi, the original title: “open airdrop subway, received a dozen expression package, as well as pornography,” drawing from the title: vision China
The blogger@推拿熊 shared a few days ago that he received an AirDrop message from a stranger while eating at a popular Internet celebrity shop:
The comment area immediately shared and communicated. It turned out that this has become a routine operation when eating at an online celebrity shop:
Most of the time people laugh it off, but there are also more competitive people who will give some positive battles:
Locating “AirDrop Strangers” on the Internet, you will find that there are so many people who have received pictures, videos and emoticons from strangers in different scenes.
Some people, who seem to be swiping their phones on the surface, have actually been fighting with strangers for several hours:
In the social content of AirDrop, the most popular one is “remind others that AirDrop is not off”. Various emoticons have emerged as the times require, and you can see the pride behind the emoticons:
“Cute Cat Pickets”
Although it is like a boring pastime, some communication is even gentle:
The functions of Apple mobile phones will always be unlocked for some incredible new uses. AirDrop is no longer a Bluetooth transmission tool between acquaintances, but has become a A small gesture to a stranger.
This phenomenon is of course not unique to China, and it has also been discussed on social media abroad. A netizen once wrote an article that recalled his own tricks: for a long time, he would airdrop this picture of a sloth astronaut to a stranger during the commute to and from get off work. There was nothing else, just thought it was fun And enjoy it:
The image of “Space Sloth” created by artist Pedro Dionisio. Because airdrop has been so widely spread, it has become a meme of a sudden fire
He enjoys the quiet transmission: he looks expressionless, maybe playing a mobile game, browsing his girlfriend’s homepage, or replying to a boss message. In short, he is no different from everyone on the subway.
But in fact, he is trying to connect every Apple phone with airdrop on and trying to output to each other.
Of course the other party can refuse, but when the airdrop notification pops up, you have to look at the sloth with a subtle expression for a few seconds.
“I will secretly observe the expressions of the people around me. Some seem to be amused, and some seem to be confused… but at least it seems that no one is really irritated by this incident.” Say so.
This kind of delivery may be aimless, without any malice, and with some uncertainty, like shooting a stranger in a crowd at random, it does not matter what the turned face looks like .
Generation Z(referring to a generation born between 1995 and 2009 and growing up with the rapid development of Internet technology) young people seem special Like to do this, especially in college classrooms, classroom discussions, or school cafeterias.
On these occasions, they are similar in age and similar in fun. Just playing some popular Internet stalkers can make you come and go.
“It feels like this is a large chat room.” A Gen Z entrepreneur, Tiffany Zhong, who has a lot of research on Gen Z, tried to explain this phenomenon: “You will always appear on occasions with many people, and you will want to see Is there anyone who can chat…and This is completely anonymous, and you can end a conversation anytime, anywhere, very easily.”
Although there are enough software applications focusing on the concepts of “stranger socialization” and “light socialization”, it seems that these are still too complicated for this generation. What is the real “light socialization”? ——Our relationship is only on airdropAfter a round of emoticon dialogue.
Of course, some people will actually make friends through airdrop, such as this:
This seems to be more akin to random functions like “people nearby” or “drifting bottle”. And at the moment of sending the picture, the only information is the name of AirDrop-you don’t even know who you are in the line of sight.
Even if you really catch the conversation, it is a social blind box.
It seems quite harmless to humans and animals? But in fact, it also provides opportunities for some malicious people.
Japan has already had a classification like “AirDrop idiot”, which means that some men will use AirDrop to give women within a certain range(Sometimes including men) to spread obscene pictures. “cyber-flashing” specifically refers to this phenomenon in English.
Picture Source: Internet
According to the British Transport Police(British Transport Police), the number of this type of cases has increased greatly in recent years.
Many women surfing the Internet have experienced sexual harassment on the Internet. Suddenly received photos of the private parts of a stranger. The nausea, unhappiness and panic that can be caused are difficult to describe in words, but they are common to many women. experience.
The discomfort caused by these “AirDrop obscene photos” may be even stronger-because AirDrop has a limited range of transmission, so you know that the person harassing you is in an atmosphere where you are completely visible, even just Standing next to you, but you are not sure who it is.
“Because I like to see the shy and fearful expressions on women’s faces when they receive pictures,” a Japanese AirDrop idiot said during a police investigation. This kind of statement can only make women shudder after listening.
Online exhibitionism is more unscrupulous than offline exhibitionists. Because AirDrop’s transmission is anonymous, invisible, and difficult to trace, you only need to modify your phone account or name to erase almost all traces of crime.
This is an evil that does not cost at all, but the harm it causes can become huge.
A female victim once recalled her experience like this: Even though she had clicked to refuse to accept, the indecent photos continued to come in, and she even had no time to operate the phone to turn off AirDrop.
Apple has also made some countermeasures to this. For example, the system above IOS13 will not automatically pop up the “Picture Preview”, and the picture preview will only appear after the receipt is confirmed.
But any idiot would name the picture “This is a sexual harassment of you”? To some extent, this is almost an unsolvable problem.
At present, this phenomenon seems to have finally attracted some attention. Not long ago, a 47-year-old idiot in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, sent an obscene picture to a young woman next to him in a restaurant, and the other party quickly called the police. Subsequently, the man was also quickly captured.
The Ministry of Justice of Finland is also drafting a law to control nude photos. Once the law is passed, those who wantonly spread nude photos through AirDrop will also be convicted, and offenders will face up to six months in prison. Although this evil may still be difficult to track and locate, the legal punishment may at leastGive those idiots some shock.
Different people have different attitudes towards AirDrop. Some people choose and avoid information carefully. AirDrop is as closed as the inner door; some people open their AirDrop to everyone indifferently, which may usher in surprises. , May also usher in shock.
Technology is advancing too fast, and people’s willingness to communicate has also developed various and more detailed needs. In any case, if we are lucky enough to be closer to strangers, then this should never be a tool for evil.
This article is from WeChat official account:Epoch Story House (ID: epochstory2017), author: mochi, edit: mochi