Some law enforcement agencies are encouraging iPhone users to be cautious following a new update.
    • Ranvier@sopuli.xyz
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      11 months ago

      It’s a tough call. Many forums have a rule against changing the title at all. People posting are often used to this and post the title as is from the article. The idea being to help prevent editorializing and clickbait on the part of the poster. Every headline these days though seems to be some variation of blatant clickbait or so and so “slams” this or “destroys” that. At this point I probably trust randos on the internet to make headlines more than publishers.

      • abhibeckert@beehaw.org
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        11 months ago

        It’s a tough call. Many forums have a rule against changing the title at all.

        Those forums are wrong. A title should accurately reflect the content. We can’t choose the title other websites choose… but we can choose a title for our posts and we should take advantage of that.

        Also - if you find yourself posting on a forum with that rule, just ignore it. And then tell them the title you typed out yourself was copy/pasted. They’ll have no way of knowing since so many news services A/B test titles anyway.

        Here’s the tile I would’ve used: “Police Alert Parents to iPhone’s Automatic Contact Sharing Feature” — I think we can agree it’s more accurate than the deliberately unclear title this post currently has.

        • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
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          11 months ago

          Those rules exist because so many topics are so politically or socially loaded that allowing everyone to edit them to what they see fit creates an incoherent mess and provokes arguments.

  • JaymesRSEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Someone in a Michigan Sheriff Dept figured out FUD gets attention and wanted some internet attention.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    11 months ago

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    DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Some law enforcement agencies are encouraging iPhone users to be cautious following a new update.

    The Middletown Division of Police in Ohio posted a warning to parents on Facebook over the weekend regarding the “NameDrop” feature included in the iOS 17 update.

    The feature allows users to easily share their contact information with another iPhone or Apple Watch by holding the devices very close together.

    “PARENTS: Don’t forget to change these settings on your child’s phone to help keep them safe,” the Middletown Division of Police wrote in its Facebook post.

    The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan also shared a warning about the feature, which is turned on by default with the new update.

    The sheriff’s office said that even though you can refuse to share your info, “many people do not check their settings and realize how their phone works.”

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    • SuperPillowFishRoe@beehaw.org
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      11 months ago

      More and more I’m realizing that these types of PSAs from cops are just thinly veiled PR pieces to drum up fear over something that is pretty miniscule all things considered, especially since it’s on Facebook.

      Kinda reminds me of those NextDoor-esque posts “Man outside with clipboard. Stay safe!”