A study by the University of Granada published at the end of last year ensures that one in three university students practices sexting, that is, sending messages of high sexual or erotic content through a mobile phone or other device . In addition, the investigation, which had a sample of 900 people, counted users who had sexted with more than 10 different people.
If this seems worrisome, it is even more so if we go down to a lower age range. And, according to another 2019 report called Viral Violence and presented by Save The Children, one in five minors in Spain would have sexted . In addition, 3.7% would have suffered the violent form of this practice.
The dangers come from sharing private images with other people who may, in turn, share them with others if they do not have a respect for the privacy of the former. Thus, photos can escape their control and fall into the wrong hands or simply go viral, ruining the lives of their protagonists.
But these are not the only risks. Users who store photos of this type on their smartphones are also exposed. In the past, some celebrities have suffered attacks from hackers who managed to access the services in which they stored erotic selfies and distributed them over the network.
In order to avoid all these problems that can have very serious consequences, the Tone e20 has just been created, the world’s first smartphone designed to avoid selfies of sensitive content.
The device has emerged from a Japanese company called Tone Mobile , with five years of life. The smartphone includes a feature called Smarphone Protection (phone protection) that watches over the person who is using it. When the camera is activated, the artificial intelligence of the device analyzes whether it is trying to take a snapshot of a nude.
Parents will know if their children take erotic selfies
The Tone e20 is clearly intended for younger users but, above all, for their parents. And it is that if the camera identifies that you are trying to take an erotic selfie, not only does it not allow it, but it instantly alerts the parents of the attempt through a push notification . Share the time, the location where the selfie was attempted, and even a small pixelated thumbnail of the offending image.
In this way, it is about dissuading younger millennials and members of the Zeta generation from taking these types of photos that can harm them so much.
In order not to leave any trace of the snapshots, their small thumbnails would also be removed. Tone Mobile ensures that these are not stored anywhere once they have been shared with parents to alert them of what their children are trying to do .
The Tone e20, unfortunately, is only sold in Japan . It would be priced at about $ 180 and its technical characteristics include a 6.26-inch HD + screen, 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage. In addition, it includes a triple rear camera, a 3,900 mAh battery, fingerprint sensor and facial recognition.
