In a significant breach of Apple’s privacy measures, a new report says that AirDrop was cracked by the Chinese government,...

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

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      22·
      8 months ago

      I think we should use Foss software because no single entity can be trusted.

      And just to be clear, China is very much bad. I’m not sure why you are suddenly complaining about the US. Also I’m pretty sure China - US relations are not great so I’d imagine the CIA isn’t exactly in league with China. Just look at the number of Pandas in the US.

    • Night Monkey@sh.itjust.works
      22·
      8 months ago

      I agree. I’m just referring to China since this article is. They claim they figured it out but really they already have the keys to the backdoor. It was a requirement that Apple provided it to China before Apple devices could be sold in China.

    • Aatube@kbin.social
      12·
      8 months ago

      CIA shell company? Hah, as if they’d base all their logistics in China. Nobody said the USA was better.