Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agoPolice warning parents about new iPhone featurethehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down12
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkPolice warning parents about new iPhone featurethehill.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squaresnoweAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThe 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.
minus-squareMostlyBlindGamer@rblind.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI 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.
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYes exactly. You don’t need to change the airdrop setting to use it.
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.
Have you tried it?
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZL5D1k-4aI
Yes exactly. You don’t need to change the airdrop setting to use it.