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People are silly about security. Has your social media not been flooded with oldsters circulating that copypasta about how iOS contact sharing is going to let t
by TylerE 3y ago
People are silly about security. Has your social media not been flooded with oldsters circulating that copypasta about how iOS contact sharing is going to let thieves "STEAL YOUR INFO!!1?!111"?
- atoav 3y agoSo you are saying this is not true? You mean they got Google to react to a made up vulnerability? Did you even read the text?
- TylerE 3y agoThey’re not talking about this. They’re talking about the NameDrop feature added in iOS 17. The one with multiple confirmation steps, while the facebook memes talk like hackers can steal your info from long range with no intervention. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/iphone-namedrop-warning/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/iphone-namedrop-warning/
- atoav 3y agoAh thanks for the context