China says state-backed experts crack Apple’s AirDrop

The Beijing municipal government’s justice bureau said experts at the Beijing Wangshen Dongjian Justice Appraisal Institute in the capital had devised a way to reveal an iPhone’s encrypted device log. — Photo by Miguel Tomás on Unsplash

BEIJING: Chinese state-backed experts have found a way to identify people who use Apple’s encrypted AirDrop messaging service, according to the Beijing municipal government.

AirDrop allows users to send content to Apple devices in close proximity without an Internet connection, encoded so they cannot be viewed by other people.