“With Apple’s NameDrop, anyone placing an iPhone near your child’s “will automatically receive their contact information.”
Social media posts
an Instagram post. Claim dated 30 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Contact sharing with Apple's new iPhone feature NameDrop doesn’t happen automatically if a stranger simply puts his or her phone too close to yours. Each user must choose whether to send or receive information, or both.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 December 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/roseykbar/3247580707277563261
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