The more information cyber criminals gain access to, the more harm they can cause you and your finances,' Mike Scheumack, chief innovation officer of identity theft protection company IdentityIQ, told CBS News.īut, some of the warnings to avoid NameDrop are overblown.

'This can include your name, phone number, email address, home address, work address, birthday, a picture of your face, and even more. Users then can share and receive their contact card or only receive the other's contact.ĬBS News spoke with a cybersecurity expert who says the feature does make it easier to share personal information, including with bad actors. According to Apple's website, users would hold their iPhones apart from the top of the other person's phone and continue holding it until a contact card shows up. NameDrop allows you to share your contact information by bringing your phones close together. As the app is in beta, you can only access is via TestFlight and Microsoft says Mac, iOS, and iPadOS access is on a first-come, first-served basis. The update includes a feature that allows for contact information to easily be shared called 'NameDrop.'

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