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AirDrop 'Cracked' By Chinese Authorities to Identify Senders
Apple's AirDrop feature has reportedly been cracked by a Chinese state-backed institution, allowing authorities to identify senders who share...
According to the BMBJ's website, iPhone device logs were analyzed to create a "rainbow table" which allowed investigators to convert the hidden hash value into the original text correlating the phone numbers and email accounts of AirDrop content senders. Apple in 2020 agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the U.S. that accused the company of "secretly throttling" some iPhone models, and payouts finally started going out this week to individuals who submitted a claim. Apple in 2020 agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the U.S. that accused the company of "secretly throttling" some iPhone models, and payouts finally started going out this week to individuals who submitted a claim.
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