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BlackBerry 10 Can BBM Anything You're Watching, Even Porn

Posted by Soulskill on from the it-was-for-research-i-swear dept.

redletterdave writes "The new BBM in BlackBerry 10 has the option to automatically share what music you're listening to as one's status update. As it turns out, this BBM feature in BlackBerry 10 can actually share anything you're listening to with your BBM network, including videos. Therefore, any videos viewed in the BlackBerry Z10 browser or media player will be displayed for all of one's BlackBerry contacts to see, even if you don't want your network to know you're watching certain videos."

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  1. Wow by spike+hay · · Score: 1, Insightful

    These guys really can't think anything through.

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    1. Re:Wow by All_One_Mind · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The bigger WOW here is that this is even a story. The key phrase in the summary is: "HAS THE OPTION" as in it's an optional feature. You know. One that you can turn off or on. This is the same thing Netflix recently added, where it will post what you're watching if you turn the option on. Here's a novel idea, if you're watching porn on your blackberry, turn off sharing or never enable it to begin with.

    2. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      These guys really can't think anything through.

      By "these guys" you mean the submitter and editor, right? Only BlackBerry users would know that BBM is short for BlackBerry Messaging without googling. Folks, PLEASE watch those acronyms! You shouldn't have to explain to a slashdotter what RAM or a GRB or LEO* are, but something that's germaine only to a single niche product with a tiny market share demands that the lazy submitter and lazy editor hit a few keys... come on, guys, it's three words. Typing them is a lot less work than having to google.

      * For those who don't belong at slashdot, RAM is random access memory, a GRB is a gamma ray burst, and LEO is most definately not a cop, it's low Earth Orbit. Calling a policeman an LEO on slashdot is saying "that cop was REALLY high!"

    3. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The target market is probably teenagers and advertisers. To a lesser extent adult gossips.

  2. Uh. Uh. Uh. by rueger · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even by the standards of the usual ROT13ifying overlords of slashdot, I gotta say... uh..????

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  3. Re:Last.fm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is an option, so you can turn it off They should add the option to shock the user when they pick up the phone. You know, with an option to turn that feature off.