The woman found a sent message on her Apple Watch

Nov 7, 2017 12:33 GMT  ·  By

T-Mobile store manager Jesus Cardenas is now charged with non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images and receiving and concealing private property after he tried (and partially succeeded) to send nude photos from a customer’s iPhone to his own smartphone.

A female iPhone owner took her device for repairs to a T-Mobile store in Oklahoma City near Southwest 44th Street and South Western Avenue, only to discover some of her photos being sent to a number belonging to the store manager.

The woman told the police that even though Cardenas attempted to cover his tracks and delete the messages from the sent folder, she discovered the photos on her Apple Watch that was configured with the same Apple ID.

The customer then alerted the police and found out that the number the nude photos were sent to belongs to the T-Mobile store manager.

“He did delete them from her phone, showing that he had sent the messages from that phone.  Fortunately in this case, she had her watch on which showed that she had a record of those messages being sent,” Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Megan Morgan was quoted as saying.

Suspect already released

The T-Mobile store manager was taken into custody on Thursday, but according to reports, he has already been released. T-Mobile, however, says it’s already working with the police to provide any information they need on their employee.

The carrier has also started its own investigation into the matter, but hasn’t said anything about a possible penalty or letting the employee go following the incident.

While we’re not going to discuss why someone would bring a device to a service center for repairs with nude photos stored in the gallery, it’s very clear that a substantial share of smartphone buyers does not treat privacy as a serious matter these days, despite manufacturers increasing their efforts to protect customers.