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Ever taken sexy snaps with your mobile phone camera? Ever left your mobile phone in McDonalds? One guy learns the hard way that the two do not mix.
Be it a naked Paris Hilton
or claims that someone has a naked video of you exposed for the world to
see, there is just no escaping the magnetic attraction between nudity
and the Internet.
With the digital cameras that are now embedded
within mobile phones not only being as good as the real thing, but
actually being the real thing, I guess that magnetism has to apply to
mobile telephony now as well.
One woman from Arkansas in the US could not resist using her mobile
phone to take a few saucy snaps and sending them to her husband.
Unfortunately, the forgetful Phillip Sherman left his phone, complete
with nude photos, in a local McDonalds after grabbing a burger.
Realising his mistake, Mr Sherman claims he contacted the burger shop
and staff promised to hang on to the handset and keep it secure until
he went back to get it.
His wife claims she started getting offensive calls and text messages
about the photos, and then discovered they had been posted online along
with her name, address and telephone number. Now the Shermans are suing
McDonalds, the local franchise and the store manager for USD $3 million
in damages.
This is to cover the emotional distress, embarrassment and damaged
reputation as well as loss of earnings and the costs involved in moving
to a new home.
Perhaps they should have something docked from any payout for being
naive and not password protecting the handset considering the nature of
the photos upon it.
Meanwhile, I am saddened that it was McDonalds and not Burger King
involved in all of this as it prevents me from threading mention of
double whoppers into the story - or maybe not...
David Bass
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