Police warned about Apple’s NameDrop – but the warnings weren’t accurate

NameDrop allows iPhone users to quickly share contact information with another nearby iPhone or Apple Watch. The users have to have their phones a few centimeters away from each other and each choose to share their contact card. They also have to choose to receive the other person’s. — Photo by Tyler Lastovich on Unsplash

Police departments across the US, including Massachusetts, put iPhone users on high alert earlier in the week in reshared safety warnings of Apple’s iOS 17 NameDrop feature, but a majority of these warnings weren’t accurate.

“IPHONE SECURITY RISK,” began a Facebook post from the Waltham Police Department first shared on Monday, Nov. 27.