China claims it has cracked Apple AirDrop's encryption to identify
senders

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 judicial authorities in Beijing.

The company, 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 city's Justice
Bureau 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
department said. Several suspects had been identified, it said,
without giving details about the nature of the messages.

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.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/10/tech/china-apple-airdrop-encryption-hnk-intl

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