Across America, you have multiple different police departments issuing quite serious

alerts about a recent iPhone update that can be used by predators to target children.

Specifically, if you or your child has an iPhone and you recently updated the iOS operating

system to the latest version, which is iOS 17, then you should know about a new feature

called Name Drop.

Here's an official video that was put out by Apple explaining what this Name Drop

feature is all about.

You can quickly share your contact info with others using Name Drop.

Here's how.

Hold your iPhone near someone else's iPhone, tap your contact info, then choose if you'd

like to share your phone number or email.

Now tap Share.

When you're finished, tap Done.

Swap info fast with Name Drop.

Now in the surface, this feature is really convenient.

Instead of having to make a new contact and manually punching in someone's phone number,

you can now just share your information with them automatically at the touch of a button.

And in theory, it's a great tool to use at an event or at a business meeting when you

want to share your contact information with a lot of different people.

However, here's the, you can say, catch, unbeknownst the most people.

With the most recent update, this new feature is, by default, turned on, leading police

departments across the country to issue warnings specifically for children.

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