this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Hang on ... I set a picture on MY phone and then anyone I call sees MY picture? Oh yeah, can't see how this'll go wrong. How long before dick picks are sent, or advertisements, or someone finds a way to use it to hack someones phone.
I can see this could be useful, especially folks with eye sight issues (but how would this affect blind folks?), but it's just another way to tell someone who is calling. I don't answer my phone unless they're in my contact book already.
This seems eh to me, but I'm not an Apple person anyway.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but don't some phones already call out the name of the caller for blind people? Heard it on a train once, maybe a feature I can't seem to find on my phone.
Yep, this is also a common feature for phones for seniors.
My old feature phone from 2010 had this.
This was the first thing I thought too. I got to find that comic about "time-to-penis" stats.
Honestly, it is bad enough people can just make my phone demand my immediate attention via phone calls. We should be phasing those out, not give them more control over our devices.
A similar feature already exists on iOS, when having a conversation over iMessage you can optionally share your name/profile picture. The reason this hasn’t been abused with spam or porn is because it’s tied to your identity and Apple ID. I would imagine it will be the same for this new feature.