A British soldier disobeyed a direct order to remove the SIM card from his cellphone before being deployed to a part of Estonia, approximately 90 miles west of the Russian border.

As a result of his refusal to engage in this element of operational security (opsec), the soldier, had his phone hacked, and nude photos of himself were stolen and used as blackmail against him.

  • Squizzy@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Nah man its not like there weren’t nudes sent to the frontlines.

    Its ridiculous we are talking as if a person shouldn’t send private pictures to their partners, instead of it being ridiculous they are retrievable blackmail material

    • TerdFerguson@lemmy.ca
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      11 hours ago

      The reality is your phone is not safe for doing so (not much control you have over that)… it is a choice whether or not to do it anyway (you fully control that)

      If your risk assessment says “go ahead”; thats up to you.