> “This breach is just another way for Beijing to target any Apple user it perceives to be an opponent. The time to act is now, and Apple must be held accountab

> “This breach is just another way for Beijing to target any Apple user it perceives to be an opponent. The time to act is now, and Apple must be held accountable for failing to safeguard its users against such blatant security breaches.” (Marco Rubio, Florida Senator) Holy shit the amount of hyperbole is staggering. "Any Apple user", so Beijing can just "target" Joe Nobody in Bumfuck, Idaho's iPhone if they perceive him to be an opponent? But the guy making the accusation is from Florida, so... >Chinese authorities claim they exploited the vulnerabilities by collecting some of the basic identifying information that must be transferred between two Apple devices when they use AirDrop — data including device names, email addresses and phone numbers. Yep, this is bad, but not really a zero day vulnerability. It lets someone who is in range when you're airdropping stuff in public to see your basic info. Not really a worrying case in normal use, but Chinese dissidents have a very specific use-case for transferring stuff P2P without going through the government monitored network.