Folk cyberflashing

Subject: RE: Folk cyberflashing
From: Jack Campin
Date: 11 Feb 26 - 06:44 PM

Asking people to do weird and inconvenient things to avoid an attacker is blaming the victim. What next, move house, change her name and carry a gun? She has a life and a career to get on with, and an ailing father to support. And we all know how well blocking phone numbers doesn't work.

The police could have got the attacker's ISP and phone provider to silence him. They didn't. They didn't do their job.

The offender seems to have been mentally ill and not in control of his actions. That doesn't let the police off the hook. Their remit is protecting the public, not just dragging people into court.

Subject: RE: Folk cyberflashing
From: Helen
Date: 11 Feb 26 - 04:48 PM

[Oh, all you tech-savvy wizards! I salute you. :-D ]

Good idea.

Subject: RE: Folk cyberflashing
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Feb 26 - 04:22 PM

In which case, she can set her phone on Do Not Disturb and put in exception numbers that can get through. (My phone is programmed to automatically be in Do Not Disturb from 11pm to 7am, but my kids, ex, and the neighbors on each side and across the street are the exceptions.)

Subject: RE: Folk cyberflashing
From: Helen
Date: 11 Feb 26 - 03:50 PM

At the top of the page which Jack Campin provided a link for, also has a link to BBC article by Nicola Goodwin

'He sent me reams of naked photos': Victims of cyberflasher speak out


How does he keep on getting away with these crimes?

And in the article, Eliza Carthy said that she had to keep her phone on during the night because she is a single parent and has been caring for her father.

Subject: RE: Folk cyberflashing
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Feb 26 - 02:06 PM

He was given a 12-month sentence suspended for two years on Monday after admitting sending images of his genitals to the singer and another woman with the intention of causing distress or humiliation.

And this kind of sentence is why he keeps doing it.

Meanwhile, she should have blocked him the first time it happened. She should have turned off her phone. Not kept it in her bedroom. Mute it at night. There are many ways to stop his access, many of them inconvenient to the recipient, but once she had the screenshots of his unsent messages or a couple of the man in action, use those to turn him in to authorities then block him, and move on.

Subject: RE: Folk cyberflashing
From: Manitas_at_home
Date: 11 Feb 26 - 01:45 PM

The perpetrator was prosecuted the other day. He hAd several victims in England and Scotland so I expect there was a lot of liaison over different police forces but they got the job done.

Subject: RE: Folk cyberflashing
From: The Sandman
Date: 11 Feb 26 - 01:11 PM

Disgraceful

Subject: Folk cyberflashing
From: Jack Campin
Date: 11 Feb 26 - 10:06 AM

This is a grotesque story.

Eliza Carthy's experience with a compulsive cyberflasher

Eliza posted that on her own FB timeline. Police being a chocolate teapot as usual.