China Says It Cracked Apple AirDrop to Identify Message Sources
www.bloomberg.com
A Chinese state-backed institution has devised a way to identify users who send messages via Apple Inc.’s popular AirDrop feature, Beijing’s government claims, as part of broader efforts to root out undesirable content.
  • TragicNotCuteEnglish
    19•1 year ago

    Very easy. It’s a setting and I believe “contacts only” is the default value.

    • Aatube
      9•1 year ago

      Plus, you can’t see it to everyone forever anymore; you can only do that for ten minutes.

      • 2xsaikoEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Ironically, this is something that China ruined.

        • Aatube
          1•1 year ago

          Erm, how is it ironic? China had Apple do it because of protesters’ using AirDrop.