URGENT: Michigan Law Enforcement Issues IOS 17 Privacy Warning

How many times have you updated your phone when prompted, without giving it a second thought? Sometimes, not often, but sometimes these updates can come with a few unsettling surprises.

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Michigan and the rest of the country woke up to some interesting new features on their iPhones recently thanks to iOS 17. The Jackson County Office of the Sheriff issued a privacy warning for all Michigan residents via their Facebook page in regard to Apple's most recent software update:

Apple's newest update comes with a new feature, NameDrop, that allows your contact information to be shared by just being near someone automatically enabled. More from the post:

IMPORTANT PRIVACY INFORMATION:

If you have an iPhone and have done the recent iOS 17 update, they have set a new feature called “NameDrop” defaulted to ON after completing the update.

This feature allows you to share your contact information by being next to another iphone.

To shut this off:

1. Go to Settings
2. General
3. AirDrop
4. Bringing Devices Together
   1. Change to OFF.

PARENTS: Don’t forget to change these settings after the update on your children’s phones to help keep them safe as well!