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(Pocket-lint) - Apple's AirDrop feature could expose personal contact information details to nearby strangers, a team of researchers has said. The file-sharing shortcut, which is available on iOS, iPadOS and macOS, allows users to quickly and easily send photos, documents and more when another Apple device is nearby. However, computer science researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt have suggested the feature has a significant security flaw. In the team's recently published paper, it's suggested that strangers within nearby range of Apple devices with AirDrop turned on can lift em...

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 Highlights 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 informe...

Apple AirDrop flaw said to expose personal info of 1.5 billion users to anyone in Wi-Fi range Apple AirDrop flaw said to expose personal info of 1.5 billion users to anyone in Wi-Fi range A team of researchers has discovered that a cyber attacker can learn the phone numbers and email addresses of AirDrop users even if they are complete strangers to the target. advertisement HIGHLIGHTS AirDrop is a popular wireless feature that allows the various Apple devices to share files, photos, and videos wirelessly. More than 1.5 billion Apple users are vulnerable to malware transferred by cyber attacke...

AirDrop Vulnerability Can Reveal Your Phone Number and Email Address To Others Posted by Sanuj Bhatia on Apr 23, 2021 in AirDrop, News A new AirDrop vulnerability has been discovered by researchers at a German University. The flaw, if exploited, could reveal your phone number and email address via AirDrop to nearby people without the user’s consent. Under the study “AirDrop shares more than files,” researchers at Technische Universitat Darmstadt have identified how the AirDrop flaw words, and how it does not even require the transfer to occur. The researchers say that Apple was notifi...

Last updated: April 15th, 2021 at 18:56 UTC+02:00 Quick Share is the best way of sharing files on Galaxy devices, here’s how to use it Samsung almost always improves upon stock Android features. Be it scrolling screenshots, better screen recorder, UI customizations, a battery camera app, or a more functional image gallery app, the company always comes up with better features compared to Google. Wireless file transfer is another such aspect that was better on Galaxy smartphones and tablets compared to stock Android, thanks to Samsung’s own customizations over Wi-Fi Direct. However, Samsung...