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BlackBerry 10 Can BBM Anything You're Watching, Even Porn
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."
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.
Even by the standards of the usual ROT13ifying overlords of slashdot, I gotta say... uh..????
Three Squirrels
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.
The target market is probably teenagers and advertisers. To a lesser extent adult gossips.