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China claims it has cracked Apple Airdrop’s encryption to identify senders | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (12 children)

So don’t go to China and if you do don’t send any important but unencrypted files via short-distance signal from one iPhone to another iPhone, gotcha.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Apple disabled AirDrop in the China region, then later globally, for people not in your contacts.

In November 2022, [...] Apple began to limit AirDrop sharing with non-contacts for devices in China, which made it harder for users to share files with people they didn’t know. That feature was later expanded globally.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Correct, reviving files from everyone is now only open for 10 min. It was launched in China to appease the CCP, but in western nations where using airdrop to voice government dissent isn’t popular, it was released to stop people from airdropping dick pics on the subway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

airdropping dick pics in the subway

😆 Imagine the analog version of this... Dudes leaving random dick polaroids...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I don’t have to imagine it. I’ve clocked in hours on BART. It’s just dudes whipping it out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

people would airdrop around weapons and stuff at my school which almost always ended with a lockdown

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