{"id":1736744,"date":"2022-11-13T06:07:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736744"},"modified":"2022-11-13T08:03:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T13:03:34","slug":"apple-limits-airdrop-feature-after-ccp-complains-it-circumvents-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-limits-airdrop-feature-after-ccp-complains-it-circumvents-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Limits Airdrop Feature After CCP Complains It Circumvents Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapple-limits-airdrop-feature-after-ccp-complains-it-circumvents-censorship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736744&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/original_AppleChina.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"advertisment pb-5 text-center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"advertisment pb-5 text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/hong-kong-protests-against-chinas-authoritarianism\">Chinese protestors<\/a> were using the airdrop function on <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/hunter-bidens-icloud-allegedly-hacked\">iPhones<\/a> to share material that was restricted under <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/linkedin-china-only-app-censorship\">China&#8217;s strict censorship<\/a>, Apple limited its AirDrop feature following pressure from the CCP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3199120\/apple-restricts-airdrop-feature-china-users-latest-ios-update\">According to Hong Kong&#8217;s\u00a0<em>South China Morning Post<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> &#8220;Apple has implemented a 10-minute time limit for Chinese users of AirDrop, its wireless file transfer function, in a move that could stymie the ability of iPhone users in the country to circumvent Beijing\u2019s strict censorship controls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>China enforces strict measures to censor images and messages that are critical of its regime, which just saw Xi Jinping rise to a third term as leader of the country. While the internet, media outlets, and social media are easily censored, AirDrop&#8217;s use of private servers made sharing material easier for those protesting. Especially because they could use either a Bluetooth or WiFi connection for person-to-person direct sharing. AirDrop also generates encrypted messages that are protected by firewalls, making it hard for observation from the government.<\/p>\n<p><em>Vice<\/em> recently reported on the phenomenon of AirDrop being used to share content of protest and described how it worked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Shanghai resident was riding the metro on Tuesday when an AirDrop notification popped up on his iPhone: &#8216;Xi Jinping\u2019s iPhone\u2019 would like to share a photo,'&#8221;\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/wxn7nq\/anti-xi-jinping-posters-are-spreading-in-china-via-airdrop\">Vice<\/a><\/em>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>The man accepted the request and received an image that read &#8220;Oppose dictatorship, oppose totalitarianism, oppose autocracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The phrasing was similar to banners hung up earlier in October.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s new update to its iOS changes the function so that users can only accept materials from strangers in 10-minute windows. The change is also only implemented in phones purchased in mainland China.<\/p>\n<p>According to the South China Morning Post, &#8220;It is uncertain why Apple made the AirDrop change, or whether it initiated the move or was asked to do so by authorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apple has capitulated to requests from Chinese authorities in the past.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/11\/10\/apple-restricts-airdrop-china-after-dissidents-evade-censors\/\">According to Breitbart<\/a>, &#8220;Apple signed a secret $275 billion deal with the Chinese government in 2016 to avoid a regulatory crackdown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The deal saw Apple agreeing with Chinese officials on a variety of technological fronts and that Apple would use more Chinese components in their manufacturing. After the move &#8220;Tens of thousands of apps&#8221; were removed from the App store on Chinese phones, such as VPN and encryption services.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After\u00a0Chinese protestors were using the airdrop function on iPhones to share material that was restricted under China&#8217;s strict censorship, Apple limited its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1736747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1736744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1736744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1736747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1736744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1736744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1736744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}