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China Says Cracked Apple AirDrop to Identify Message Sources

www.bloomberg.com China Says It Cracked Apple AirDrop to Identify Message Sources

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.

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Anyone know how this would work? Is this during the transfer or after the transfer? The article isn't clear and there isn't any other source.

If it is after, couldn't Apple just remove any traces of the origin?
I don't use Apple. How difficult is it to turn off "AirDrop" or limit it to a trusted source?
- Very easy. It’s a setting and I believe “contacts only” is the default value.
  
  Plus, you can’t see it to everyone forever anymore; you can only do that for ten minutes.

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