Police warns: Disable this option on your children's iPhone models

Apple once a year introduces new versions of its operating system for mobile devices, which usually bring big news and changes for iPhone and iPad owners, while throughout the year the company releases smaller updates that bring mainly security patches.

The latest version of Apple's mobile operating system for phones and tablets, as well as the latest operating system for smart watches from this company, brought a small but interesting option that could be quite useful for someone.

However, on the other hand, that option hides certain dangers, especially for children. At least that is what they claim from a police station in the US state of Ohio, from which they warned all users of Apple devices, and this especially applies to the youngest, that is, their parents, that they should be very careful with its use.

This is the NameDrop option, recently available on iPhone and Apple Watch, which allows users to easily share contact information with other users simply by bringing the devices closer to each other. With Proximity, devices connect to each other and users then have the choice of sharing or receiving contact information, noting that only new contact information can be exchanged in this way, and information cannot be updated for existing contacts.

The police station warned parents that they should turn off the option on their children's phones to increase their safety, as it is automatically activated after upgrading to a new version of the operating system. The problem is that with this option, kids can share quickly and easily their contact information, which includes a phone number, email address, and picture. In this way, strangers can reach quickly and easily the children's contacts.

While there is an option to opt out of being asked to send or receive contact information (Apple says this is the option that should prevent contact information from being shared with strangers), police warn that not everyone is aware of how phones work, so it's best to deactivate that option.

You can disable the option by clicking Settings/General on your iPhone and turning off the "Bringing devices together" option in the AirDrop section. In case you want to exchange contacts with someone this way, you can simply activate it again and bring your phone closer to another iPhone or Apple Watch.

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