Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 20-06-2018

A tech expert has told Radio Islam it’s socially unacceptable to view other peoples phones when they are using them, but there is no legal recourse to stop them from doing so.

This comes after a Midrand woman was booted off a Kulula flight from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International to Durban’s King Shaka Airport for referring to a black flight captain and passengers using the k-word.

It’s understood that 26-year-old Alochna Moodley admitted to using the slur‚ blaming it on frustration.

Moodley was called out by Reverend Solumuzi Mabuza who was seated next to her and saw her typing the k-word on her phone.

Worldwide Worx Arthur Goldstuck says you can’t stop people from peeking over your shoulder when using your phone in public.

“If you want to be typing in public on your phone, than you should do it in a way that keeps its private from other people. But the response to that invasion of privacy was clearly, completely out of proportion to the actual invasion of privacy.”

He says Moodley has no legal precedent to act against Mabuza.

“It’s unlikely that there’s a legal precedent for taking actions against someone who looks at what you were typing on a screen. It’s up to you to take precautions to type privately. It’s not for other people to have to avert their eyes from what you are doing.”

Goldstuck says there are screen protectors and covers that allows you to type privately and to keep your phone at angle which prevents people from seeing what you are typing.

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