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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by axod on Sunday December 21, 2008 @04:01AM (#405327)
Emailing to the frame sounds kinda cool, but if this takes off, expect to see a lot of spam photos inviting you to purchase viagra, or go to their porn site etc.
Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by brlewis on Sunday December 21, 2008 @07:51AM (#405409)
I was concerned about this too when I set up OurDoings to accept photos by email. I don't let users pick their own address to send to; I generate a random one for them.

And yes, emailing to a frame is cool, but I'm biased because I'm doing it.

Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by edawerd on Sunday December 21, 2008 @04:34PM (#405735)
You can specify which emails are allowed to send pictures to your frame. We have some software that will filter out forged headers on emails as well. So far, it hasn't been a problem for us.
Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by axod on Sunday December 21, 2008 @06:04PM (#405824)
Ah that's cool. I'm just thinking of possible issues in the future. Giving one of these to a grandparent, and then them being emailed goatse etc would not be a good thing.