Sometimes I am amazed at human behaviour. Other times I’m too busy giggling to give a damn. Any guess as to my state of mind for this story? A named Phillip Sherman, from Arkansas, apparently left his iPhone in a local McDonald’s restaurant. If it weren’t bad enough that he misplaced his phone (yes, I’m iPhone an addict) the guy didn’t have a passcode lock on.
Beyond the obvious security reasons for having done so (recent vulns notwithstanding) you would guess that he would be worried about someone glancing at the nude pics of this wife.
From Internet News:
After he returned to retrieve it, he said he discovered nude photos of his wife that he’d stored on his iPhone had been illegally distributed on the Internet without his consent.
Now he and his wife, Tina, are suing the McDonald’s Corp., the franchise owner and the store manager for $3 million in damages, according to the AP, for “suffering, embarrassment and the cost of having to move to a new home.” The suit says that Sherman left the phone at the McDonald’s in July and that employees promised to secure it until he returned.
So, for those of you playing the home game, he:
- lost his phone
- neglected to lock the screen
- had naked pics of his wife on the iPhone
- believed a bunch of teenagers working at a fast food restaurant
Now, they’re suing for $3 million?
Um, sec…”Hey sweetie, could you come in here? I feel like a run to McDonald’s”
Apply head to desk, repeat.