Apple limits AirDrop on iPhones in China after filesharing feature was used by protesters
GuardianJUL 2022
Beijing is boosting national security by restricting wireless file-sharing services between mobile devices. While the move follows mainland zero-COVID and Hong Kong anti-government protesters' use of the technology to spread subversive messages, it's all about cybersecurity, ensuring that transmission of information that threatens national security can be traced.
Chinese censors are working to plug loopholes to silence all opposition, turning the country into an Orwellian totalitarian tech state. The Communist Party wants to know what is said and control all the information that's shared, forcing Western phone and app developers to play by the new rules and provide the Chinese government with further censorship capabilities.