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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2023, 07:39:08 AM » |
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Haven’t done the update yet, but this is good to know!
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2023, 07:43:21 AM » |
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I saw the above yesterday and checked my iPhone and turned it off. After reading more, it seems that you have to have the phones in direct contact to make it work. But I will have to look it up again. However, if you have an iPhone, I suggest you provide some feedback to Apple about the intent of this new "thing". I will do so in a few minutes. You may provide Apple with some feedback here. https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone/ |
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Jersey mike
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2023, 07:48:02 AM » |
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I saw the above yesterday and checked my iPhone and turned it off.
After reading more, it seems that you have to have the phones in direct contact to make it work. But I will have to look it up again.
However, if you have an iPhone, I suggest you provide some feedback to Apple about the intent of this new "thing". I will do so in a few minutes.
We’ve had credit cards skimmed multiple times, so I’m quite cautious when it comes to electronic protection. Better safe than sorry. One never knows how bad things will happen. |
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2023, 07:51:08 AM » |
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We’ve had credit cards skimmed multiple times, so I’m quite cautious when it comes to electronic protection. Better safe than sorry. One never knows how bad things will happen.
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2023, 09:21:09 AM » |
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If you read all the way to the bottom they
mention that they're totally wrong about the feature
giving out any of your information to strangers.
A friend had some files on her iphone she needed to
give me. We used airdrop(?) to make the files jump
to my phone by just bringing the phones near
each other. We had to adjust the permissions on
her phone to allow my phone to connect to it.
This is like that, only for contacts.
-Mike
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Jersey mike
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« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2023, 12:09:39 PM » |
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If you read all the way to the bottom they
mention that they're totally wrong about the feature
giving out any of your information to strangers.
A friend had some files on her iphone she needed to
give me. We used airdrop(?) to make the files jump
to my phone by just bringing the phones near
each other. We had to adjust the permissions on
her phone to allow my phone to connect to it.
This is like that, only for contacts.
-Mike
I don’t usually check what the updates are for and most of the time it says something generic like it fixes issues or makes usage easier to simply say it. Many people have their phones set to automatically update and don’t really have any idea what goes on. Maybe a little paranoia is involved but like I said earlier, better safe than sorry and when I read an article saying the a law enforcement agency issues a warning I kinda read up on it. This was just a heads up for folks. ____________________ Just wanted to add this; like I said previously we’ve (my wife) had her card skimmed a couple times, we assume from just walking around the store. Which leads me to this consideration, if you’re walking around the store or public place and wearing your phone on your hip or maybe even in your pocket can someone get the information off your phone just by being in close proximity? |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2023, 02:31:43 PM » |
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if you’re walking around the store or public place and wearing your phone on your hip or maybe even in your pocket can someone get the information off your phone just by being in close proximity?
If you went to your phone and adjusted the permissions so that "anyone" could do
proximity operations on your phone, then yes.
-Mike
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Jersey mike
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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2023, 02:45:35 PM » |
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if you’re walking around the store or public place and wearing your phone on your hip or maybe even in your pocket can someone get the information off your phone just by being in close proximity?
If you went to your phone and adjusted the permissions so that "anyone" could do
proximity operations on your phone, then yes.
-Mike
Yes. When I did mine it was already active/already on from the update. I had to turn it off. If your phone is set to automatic updates, it may update during a time you’re not paying attention, like overnight. You’d receive a message the phone updated but typically no other info other than *see what’s new* or something like that which usually don’t list or go into details on updates or new features. |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2023, 03:07:18 PM » |
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Yes. When I did mine it was already active/already on from the update. I had to turn it off.
I think they added a new feature "namedrop" and that it is active. It requires you to use it on purpose, it isn't passive. Did you use it some before you turned it off? -Mike |
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Serk
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2023, 04:31:06 PM » |
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*Pointless Religious Rant*
I've always found the parallels between Apple and Harley humorous - they both sell inferior obsolete technology at greatly inflated prices to a rabidly fanatical cult like consumer base...
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« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2023, 04:33:09 PM » |
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Yes. When I did mine it was already active/already on from the update. I had to turn it off.
I think they added a new feature "namedrop" and that it is active. It requires you to use it on purpose, it isn't passive. Did you use it some before you turned it off? -Mike No, not that I know of. I downloaded an update, then my wife downloaded the same the next day. The next day after that she got a “message” from a friend or cousin or something about the turn off so we turned ours off. Today I saw this article. |
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Jersey mike
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« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2023, 04:35:27 PM » |
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*Pointless Religious Rant*
I've always found the parallels between Apple and Harley humorous - they both sell inferior obsolete technology at greatly inflated prices to a rabidly fanatical cult like consumer base...
/Pointless Religious Rant
Didn’t know iPhones were inferior and obsolete…and I’m not being sarcastic…seriously. I pretty much thought they were all the same. |
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Robert
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« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2023, 04:45:05 PM » |
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Oh he just does not like Apple  I always turn off location services and all the sharing settings on my phone. |
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2023, 12:05:10 PM » |
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I've never owned a cell phone in my life.
I've only talked on one maybe 4 times (borrowed to call home), but I don't know how to work one.
How come they put the off button on the side where you hold it? That's pretty irritating.
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« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2023, 12:46:16 PM » |
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carolinarider09
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« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2023, 01:10:56 PM » |
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I read the same thing somewhere else. So, yes it appears to be truth. |
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« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2023, 01:14:24 PM » |
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For what it's worth, if I were to have an iPhone (Actually I do, but it's government issued, and not by choice, but that's another story) this new namedrop thing wouldn't concern me...
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #18 on: November 30, 2023, 01:48:29 PM » |
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I think Serk doesn't like proprietary black-box software running
on his computers...
-Mike
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Willow
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« Reply #19 on: November 30, 2023, 02:20:51 PM » |
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I think Serk doesn't like proprietary black-box software running
on his computers...
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Jersey mike
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« Reply #20 on: November 30, 2023, 02:27:01 PM » |
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I've never owned a cell phone in my life.
I've only talked on one maybe 4 times (borrowed to call home), but I don't know how to work one.
How come they put the off button on the side where you hold it? That's pretty irritating.
I envy you. I look forward to the day when I can be free again. |
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Jersey mike
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« Reply #21 on: November 30, 2023, 02:27:53 PM » |
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I read the same thing somewhere else. So, yes it appears to be truth. This is good to know. Sorry folks, false alarm. |
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Serk
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« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2023, 02:46:14 PM » |
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I think Serk doesn't like proprietary black-box software running
on his computers...
LOL! I'm unclear on that post. Is that a personal attack, a compliment, or just a casual observation? I'll take it as a compliment (Typed from a Windows computer from Google Chrome browser)... I really just prefer Linux based kernel systems over BSD based kernel systems...  |
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« Reply #23 on: November 30, 2023, 04:47:13 PM » |
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This is good to know.
Sorry folks, false alarm.
Better to ask the question and verify then to just let it ride along. |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #25 on: December 04, 2023, 05:06:17 PM » |
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I upgraded recently, I guess to 17.1.1... anyhow... the upgrade
caused me to have "voicemail" with text transcriptions of
the messages left.
I noticed while I was upgrading to 17.1.2 and I turned
it off.
People expect their voicemails to be responded to,
which is hard to do if you don't know you have it...
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« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2023, 05:38:50 PM » |
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One of the updates completely changed the notifications tones and did not allow you to change it back. I always go for the latest update.
There is nothing that someone, one day wont hack.
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