Tag: Apple AirDrop

Apple AirDrop cracked! China finds way to identify sender’s personal details
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Apple AirDrop cracked! China finds way to identify sender’s personal details

[ad_1] New Apple AirDrop capabilities were announced recently to add more on the already available ones and most of the features look to guarantee security to the user. AirDrop has been a handy tool for protesters and activists to hide their activities from governments. However, the feature has been controversial for quite some time now. Chinese authorities raised questions about this iPhone feature. It was reported that when the feature is in “receive messages from Everyone” mode it can receive files and messages from anyone, however, this has created a massive privacy concern as a new crackdown by China has ended up exposing senders' names, phone numbers, and email addresses. Know more about AirDrop vulnerabilities here. This will be a concern not just for Apple, but for all of users,...
iOS 16.2 release date set for Dec; if you got an iPhone, AirDrop to apps, check top benefits
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iOS 16.2 release date set for Dec; if you got an iPhone, AirDrop to apps, check top benefits

[ad_1] iOS 16.2 release date is likely in December. Here is all we know about the changes iOS 16.2 update will bring to the iPhone. Apple is expected to release the iOS 16.2 update for the iPhone users in December 2022. However, the exact date for the same is not yet known. Recently the company also seeded the release candidate versions of the upcoming iOS 16.2 updates to developers for testing purposes. According to a report by MacRumors, the Release Candidate version brings an opt-in end-to-end encryption to additional iCloud features, with the feature coming to all U.S. users with the launch of iOS 16.2. One of the major changes that the update will bring the AirDrop feature.With the latest iOS 16.2 update, Apple has timed the AirDrop's ‘Everyone' option and restricted it to only 1...