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TechPhonesiPhonesNo, the iPhone 15 isn’t dangerous for kidsThere’s an iPhone scare story doing the rounds, and the police are helping to spread it – but it’s based on bad informationWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
There’s an iPhone scare story doing the rounds, and the police are helping to spread it – but it’s based on bad information
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
There’s a newiPhonescare story doing the rounds, and while the people sharing it might have good intentions they’re doing it with bad information.
The short version: the new NameDrop feature on theiPhone 15, theApple Watch Series 9and iPhones runningiOS 17is not a danger to your children.
And. as is often the case with tech scare stories it’s based on a lack of understanding about what the feature is and how it works.
How NameDrop shares your information, or doesn’t
NameDrop doesn’t share any information, unless you give it explicit consent.
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If you tap “Receive Only”, your contact details aren’t shared. And, if one of you doesn’t tap “Share” and the other doesn’t tap “Receive Only”, nothing is shared either.
The confusion here appears to come from a scaremongering TikTok video that’s gone viral and ended up forwarded to police officers. They haven’t then applied the basic tech scare story test of asking, “Is this nonsense?”
It does indicate a communication problem onApple’s part, though. It’s clear that NameDrop could be designed in a way that makes it much clearer what’s going on. No doubt that’ll happen in a future software update.
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