Apple Responds to Police Warnings About New iPhone Feature

Published on December 1, 2023

Tech giant Apple released a statement in response to law enforcement officials’ assertions that the iPhone’s new “NameDrop” feature is a security risk. Police and sheriff’s departments in multiple states this week issued warnings about an update on the iPhone and other Apple devices, known as NameDrop, that allows users to share contact details by holding two devices together. The Middletown Division of Police in Ohio, the Mount Pleasant Department in Wisconsin, and Henry County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee, among others, posted warnings on social media regarding the feature. “If you have an iPhone and have done the recent iOS 17 update. They have set a new feature call NameDrop to default to ON,” the Mount Pleasant Department warning stated. ” This allows the sharing of contact info just by bringing your phones close together. To shut this off go to Settings, General, AirDrop, Bringing Devices Together. Change to OFF.”...

Continue reading on website
Other news

What’s Next After Santos’ Expulsion from Congress

December 1, 2023
On Dec. 1, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) became the sixth person ever to be expelled from the House of Representatives.The expulsion leaves the GOP with just an eight-seat majority in the lower congressional chamber, with 221 Republican members against 213 Democrat members. Republicans can only afford to lose three votes and keep their majority. If all Democrats vote in opposition to a measure and j

Jan. 6 Committee Tapes Have Disappeared, Says House Republican

December 1, 2023
The disappearance of videotapes of witness interviews conducted by the Democratic-led House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack has alarmed the chairman of the House panel that replaced it.Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), who chairs the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee that is currently investigating security lapses connected to the Capitol riot and potential ramifications for upcomi