US Citizens Asked To Turn Off NameDDrop On IOS 17, Confirm The Feature Is Dangerous?

The NameDDrop feature is suspected to be dangerous / DOK APPLE

JAKARTA - The United States Police said the NameDDrop feature on iOS 17 was dangerous for iPhone users. In fact, they asked residents to immediately turn off the feature.

According to the police, this feature will be activated automatically after iPhone users update their iOS. If not turned off, this feature will share contact information with those around it.

The iPhone iOS 17 update has a new feature, NameDrop, whose default is an active setting after the update, allows users to share contact information while next to other iPhones, "wrote the firstsheriff account on platform X.

Although the warning was issued with a good purpose, namely maintaining data privacy from others, the information submitted was inaccurate. This warning can lead to excessive worry for iPhone users.

Quoting from Makeuseof, contact information will not change automatically when two iPhone devices are approached. Users still have to give permission so that their contacts can be shared with other devices.

When the NameDDrop feature turns on, the device you are close to will show a notification on the screen that reads Share Your Contact. Users will be faced with two options, namely Accept Only and Share.

With this control, iPhone users don't have to worry about security issues. Since it was first launched, Apple has considered the privacy and security of the feature so that contact information is unlikely to switch automatically.