Thursday, August 1, 2019

Apple’s AirDrop And Password Sharing Can Leak iPhone Numbers

Raise your hand if this is surprising to you. Anyone?

Apple makes it easy for people to locate lost iPhones, share Wi-Fi passwords, and use AirDrop to send files to other nearby devices. A recently published report demonstrates how snoops can capitalize on these features to scoop up a wealth of potentially sensitive data that in some cases includes phone numbers.