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

submitted 10 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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[–] WhatsThePoint@lemmy.world 116 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (17 children)

Or China is just saying they cracked Air Drop to try to scare protestors from using this feature. If they cracked it, why would they make it public that they cracked it when they could catch dissidents using it without their knowledge? Not to mention making it public puts pressure on Apple to patch it, which would destroy their access. Doesn’t make much sense to make this public if it is true.

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (12 children)

It would be easy for apple to debunk this if it wasn't true. I'd stay away from it and use proven secure means.

[–] TaviRider@reddthat.com 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

There’s no way to prove that something is secure. (It reduces to the halting problem.)

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can still have more certainty or less. If it's open-source - it doesn't guarantee safety by any means, sure, but if it's proprietary like this one - you don't even get a chance to check what's going on.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just make a machine to prove it /s

[–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

That's it, job done. We have our answer, everyone!

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar 1 points 10 months ago

Nothing is ever completely secure if it's connected to the internet. It just likely isn't worth it to hack into. That's why macs used to be "virus proof".

Well, yes, because Windows was a much more lucrative target.

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