{"id":37616,"date":"2022-11-11T16:56:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T21:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=37616"},"modified":"2022-11-30T15:38:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T20:38:26","slug":"airdrop-everyone-limit-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/11\/airdrop-everyone-limit-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"AirDrop “Everyone” Limit in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filipe Espósito<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple today released iOS 16.1.1 for all users. While the release notes for the update say nothing about new features or major changes, there’s a significant one coming for users in China.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jess Weatherbed<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple has placed time restrictions on AirDrop wireless file-sharing across iPhones in China after the feature was used by protesters to share images opposing the Chinese government, Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

The “Everyone” option in Airdrop is now limited to a ten-minute window for users in China. After the ten minutes have passed, AirDrop’s device-to-device sharing will switch back to “Contacts Only,” making it harder to distribute content to strangers en masse. These new time restrictions have been introduced by Apple just weeks after the service was used to spread posters opposing president Xi Jinping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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A weird quirk of this change is that, absent the above context, adding a timeout to the “Everyone” setting for AirDrop is actually a good idea. Some people have reported receiving unwanted AirDrops in public, a story which CNBC<\/em> illustrated<\/a> with a stock photo of a “senior man surprised at tablet”. Indeed, Apple told Mark Gurman<\/a> of Bloomberg<\/em> that it will be rolling out the feature for all iPhones — but it would not say why this change was added to a routine security update<\/a> only for users in China.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n