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AirDrop cracked by China, revealing phone number & email (9to5mac.com)

submitted 8 months ago by KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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

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[–] southernwolf@pawb.social 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

While I have little respect for Apple's overall privacy practices, this sounds a lot like the CCP making something up to scare protesters and dissidents from using AirDrop. There's no sensible reason they would be advertising such an exploit openly, especially when it could potentially be used to secretly spy on dissidents, protesters, or even used in foreign espionage. Something doesn't sit right with this.

[–] shotgun_surgery@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 8 months ago

Totally agree. Their logic is to hide and deny everything, and if they say something openly, it's likely a lie.

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