Idiot Cops Are Spreading Misinformation FUD About NameDrop
Jason Snell:
This is so bizarre. NameDrop is a feature that lets you AirDrop
your contact information to someone else. For the feature to work,
both phones need to be unlocked and one has to be placed directly
over the other. The entire new tap-to-connect system is built to
use physical proximity to confirm consent to sending or receiving
data, replacing the old system in which you could leave your
device open to AirDrop from all users — and receive all sorts of
nasty unwanted stuff from nearby randos.
Once the physical act of tapping is done — it takes a few
seconds, there’s a prominent animation, it’s nothing that is going
to happen accidentally — you are given the option to share your
contact information with the other person, and get to choose which
information is shared! If you only want to share a phone number
and not your home address, you can do that! It’s entirely in the
user’s control. (If someone nefarious approached you and wanted to
steal your information, they’d be better off just grabbing your
unlocked phone and running away with it.)
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Jason Snell:
This is so bizarre. NameDrop is a feature that lets you AirDrop
your contact information to someone else. For the feature to work,
both phones need to be unlocked and one has to be placed directly
over the other. The entire new tap-to-connect system is built to
use physical proximity to confirm consent to sending or receiving
data, replacing the old system in which you could leave your
device open to AirDrop from all users — and receive all sorts of
nasty unwanted stuff from nearby randos.
Once the physical act of tapping is done — it takes a few
seconds, there’s a prominent animation, it’s nothing that is going
to happen accidentally — you are given the option to share your
contact information with the other person, and get to choose which
information is shared! If you only want to share a phone number
and not your home address, you can do that! It’s entirely in the
user’s control. (If someone nefarious approached you and wanted to
steal your information, they’d be better off just grabbing your
unlocked phone and running away with it.)