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MacRumors: Police, news sites spreading misinformation about how iOS 17 NameDrop feature works

Apple with iOS 17.1 and watchOS 10.1 introduced a new NameDrop feature that is designed to allow users to place Apple devices near one another to quickly exchange contact information. Sharing contact information is done with explicit user permission, but some news organizations and police departments have been spreading misinformation about how functions.

As noted by The Washington Post, there have been warnings about NameDrop popping up on FaceTime. Police departments in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Ohio, and other states have been suggesting that contact information can be shared “just by bringing your phones close together.”

For much more, read the full story at MacRumors.

The post MacRumors: Police, news sites spreading misinformation about how iOS 17 NameDrop feature works first appeared on WRAL TechWire.

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