AirDrop cracked by China, revealing phone number & email
9to5mac.com
In a significant breach of Apple’s privacy measures, a new report says that AirDrop was cracked by the Chinese government,...

The Beijing institute developed the technique to crack an iPhone’s encrypted device log to identify the numbers and emails of senders who share AirDrop content, the city’s judicial bureau said in an online post. Police have identified multiple suspects via that method, the agency said, without disclosing if anyone was arrested. “It improves the efficiency and accuracy of case-solving and prevents the spread of inappropriate remarks as well as potential bad influences,” the bureau said.

Further read: https://sfj.beijing.gov.cn/sfj/sfdt/ywdt82/flfw93/436331732/index.html

  • kworpy@lemm.eeEnglish
    44·
    10 months ago

    You guys are gullible as shit if you think this is real. This is yet another bullshit scare tactic by the Chinese government. Also these articles are hardly even sourced and are just copypasted from other news sites to farm clicks.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      Yeah this does smell fishy. The Chinese government is quick to manipulate and lie and I doubt they would want to get people not to use a service they can break.

    • WebTheWitted@beehaw.org
      1·
      10 months ago

      Ahh, that makes sense. I was wondering, “Why the hell are they announcing their zero day to the Internet?”