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Apple’s AirDrop Vulnerability Can Leak User Details to Anyone in Proximity: Researchers
Apple is said to have known of the vulnerability since May 2019. By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 26 April 2021 19:31 IST
Apple’s AirDrop is available preloaded on the iPhone, iPad, and the Mac since 2011
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The service uses hash functions for the details
Researchers found that the user details exchanged can easily be decrypted
Apple s AirDrop technology could leak users phone numbers and email addresses, according to researchers who said that they had first informed Apple of the vulnerability in 2019. AirDrop is Apple s proprietary wireless technology that is used for sharing files such as photos and videos wireless across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices and was introduced in 2011. It uses both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to establish a wireless connection and exchange files. The mutual authentication mechanism used by AirDrop can, however, be misused to s