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Police warning parents about new iPhone feature (thehill.com)
submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] B0rax@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That is not true, airdrop can stay on indefinitely when set to „contacts“ which is enough for NameDrop.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you then share it to everyone using namedrop that's not in your contacts?

[–] B0rax@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

Yes exactly that’s the point.

[–] snowe@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The whole point of NameDrop is to add a new contact. So by definition it literally won’t be usable for airdrop if airdrop is set to contacts only.

[–] B0rax@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Have you tried it?

[–] MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.com 1 points 11 months ago

I have. I’ve accidentally initiated NameDrop between my personal and work phones, just by having them in the same pocket. Both set to Contacts Only.

Imagine a scenario where kids put all their phones in a bad before class or something.