• Jim P.@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Except if there is the possibility of it happening without their knowledge/consent, the other person could use even the name for further social engineering. It’s better to not give out any information automatically. Granted the user has to approve a Name Drop share but the screen does display the user’s contact info that would be shared either way, so if the phone is visible to the person trying to obtain the info, they’d still be able to see it even if the target doesn’t approve the share.

    It is a bit overhyped since it’s not like someone shady can go around sniffing everyone’s contacts automatically, but it’s still worth tuning off for anyone who is privacy or security conscious.

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      1 year ago

      Only if you actively enable airdrop and put your phone within a couple inches. You can’t leave airdrop on. It can’t happen accidentally.

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

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          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.

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              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.

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

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      I hate the fact that I can only change my home address in siri by putting the address on my contact card. This means if I want to text myself as a contact to allow someone to quickly add my phone number and email, I also have to share my home address with that person.

      So Siri thinks I still live in the place I lived six years ago.

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        Make a dummy contact card without that info. I have two, one for sharing with family and a work one… Also why do you want your own address in your contact?

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        You can select what to share everytime you share your contact from the adress book