China claims it has cracked Apple Airdrop’s encryption to identify senders
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A Chinese tech company has succeeded in cracking the encryption around Apple’s Airdrop wireless file sharing function to identify people who used the feature to send “inappropriate information” in the Beijing subway, according to the city’s Justice Bureau.
A Chinese tech company has succeeded in cracking the encryption around Apple’s Airdrop wireless file sharing function to identify users of the popular feature, according to Beijing’s Justice Bureau. The company, Beijing-based Wangshendongjian Technology, was able to help police track down people who used the service to send “inappropriate information” to passersby in the Beijing subway, the agency said in a Monday statement. It had identified the senders’ mobile phone numbers and email addresses as part of an investigation following a complaint, the statement said. Several suspects had been identified, it said, without giving details about the nature of the messages. The firm “broke through the technical difficulties of anonymous traceability through AirDrop,” which “prevented the further spread of inappropriate remarks and potential bad influence,” the statement said. CNN has reached out to Apple (AAPL) for comment. Airdrop has been blamed for nuisance messages received by some commuters on subways and buses in Chinese cities. The popular wireless file sharing function was also reportedly used by protesters to spread anonymous messages critical of the Chinese government in the last few months of 2022.
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