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Note: AirDrop is unsafe for broadcasting message anonymously. It will also broadcast your hashed phone number and email[1], which can be reversed by rainbow tab
by jinseokim 4y ago
Note: AirDrop is unsafe for broadcasting message anonymously. It will also broadcast your hashed phone number and email[1], which can be reversed by rainbow table.
[1]: https://privatedrop.github.io/ https://privatedrop.github.io/
- LinkLink 4y agoTrue, but invalidated by burner and jailbroken phones which are widespread in China. They can definitely catch somebody with a concerted effort but I'd be surprised if the average Chinese teenager couldnt figure out how to make a burner email
- bm-rf 4y agoI think the problem is the majority of people don't know that airdrop isn't actually anonymous, sure there are workarounds but it doesn't matter if 99% of users don't follow them.
- thatguy0900 4y agoPeople in China have burner Apple phones? That sounds kind of crazy. Even if jailbroken I doubt they are mitigating for this.
- FranDanny 4y agoThere are markets in China where you can buy all the parts super cheap and build your own iPhone. It's like nothing you'd ever see in the western world. Hundreds of stalls all selling an individual specific selection of phone components, and if you ask for something they don't have, they'll recommend their friend's stall to you. Apple have sold billions of iPhones. All those second hand "recycled" parts go somewhere.
- thatguy0900 4y agoThat sounds like an incredible place to visit
- throwaway290 4y agoDevil's advocate: If you already don't worry about exposing this info then why not just use Telegram or Signal?
- tylervigen 4y agoBecause AirDrop only exposes the info of the sending phone, not the receiving phone.
- Zuiii 4y agoAn iphone can be bought and emails can be registered without doxing yourself, so this info isn't strongly tied to your identity the same way a phone number is.