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T-Mobile sued after employee stole nude images from customer phone during trade-in::T-Mobile has been sued again for failing to protect consumer data after an employee at one of its Washington stores stole nude images off of a customer's phone.

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[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Stole" nude images? From a trade-in phone? More like "were handed access to". I mean, the employee's an ass, but the customer is in the wrong as well

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

As someone that had to delete some photos from his Samsung:

Nah, these phones are shitshows that save shit everywhere. I had to delete them three times.

That's just disregarding the fact that you're straight up victim blaming. Might as well ask what they were wearing, there is no excuse, just violation.

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 8 points 11 months ago

Might as well ask what they were wearing

They were nude photos, just sayin'

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 6 points 11 months ago

I'm not blaming the victim, the employee did act like an ass. All I'm saying is the victim did not take safety precautions people should take regardless of whether they are trading in their phone or not. If that is victim blaming then I'm victim blaming everyone who has no common sense regarding privacy and mindfull use of electronics.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"I'm not victim blaming"

Proceeds to keep victim blaming

Regardless of the fact that people just forget things sometimes, expecting people that just want a phone to know how to do a factory reset simply isn't reasonable.

You and I wouldn't trade it in without wiping it, probably, but we're mega nerds on the Fediverse. These things seem obvious to us but they simply aren't that important, or common knowledge, to normal people.

There is, and there only ever is, one person at fault when trust is violated. That there are safeguards you can take is a different discussion.

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 7 points 11 months ago

It's not common knowledge to delete data on a device you're getting rid off? What the fuck are you on about?

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 3 points 11 months ago

Again, the employee should be taken to court and punished. But this case, if anything, proves that one should never assume good faith in humans and always take precautions. That's why there are privacy and security measures and good practices available in every aspect of our life.

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Did the company policy state that they would access your data and save it?

No?

Then you're normalizing criminal behavior because it's possible. Was the phone's data wearing a crop top? Maybe that's why it was violated.

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