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> I also don't like keeping AirDrop running chronically Why?
by voisin 3y ago
> I also don't like keeping AirDrop running chronically
Why?
- mckn1ght 3y agoIt’s better now that you can choose only to expose it to contacts, and only enable it for “everyone” for a limited time. I seem to remember in the past you could leave “everyone” enabled indefinitely, evident anytime you stood in a crowd.
- bananapub 3y ago> I seem to remember in the past you could leave “everyone” enabled indefinitely, evident anytime you stood in a crowd. er yes, Apple seemingly eliminated the "everyone/forever" option because it was being used to slightly-anonymously[0] spread stuff the chinese government didn't like [1] 0: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/hackers-can-id-unique-apple-airdrop-users-chinese-authorities-claim-to-do-just-that/ https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/hackers-can-id-uniq... 1: https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/09/apple-limits-airdrop-everyone-option-to-10-minutes-in-china/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/09/apple-limits-airdrop-every...