Better to keep two options. 'Everyone' and 'Everyone for 10 minutes'
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Apple to Fight AirDrop Spam With New iPhone Setting Launching Widely Next Year
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This is definitely because of the protests going on in China.
It should be a setting that the OWNER of the iPhone can control.
It should be a setting that the OWNER of the iPhone can control.
I'm guessing they didn't like me constantly AirDropping pictures of Winnie the Pooh at the recent Communist Party Conference?
When you think about it, everything is a double edged sword.
Even a single edged sword is really a doubled edged sword, because on edge is sharp while the other is blunt.
I'll show myself out now...
Thank you, letyougooglethatforme.com
I thought he said both, I’ll research this more later today.
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This is absolutely correct and despite my snarky post I think this is a great change. Thank you for reminding me I can send a contact card.
I found the story and reads like a disastrous self-own. He was back roughly 3 months later in time for Singles Day, though, and likely is far more aware of why the cake he was showing off was a problem.
BUT, it does indicate that civilian to civilian delivery of CSAM for this PARTICULAR purpose via Messages is not needed to shut someone down (or have them disappeared). While an enterprising citizen with basic knowledge of internet networking can readily obtain a tank man image to send, as CSAM is an internationally recognized “bad thing”, obtaining it for the purpose of sending via Messages is more difficult (unless maybe they’re creating it, but again, then that person is indeed who they’re looking for) In any case, once the receiver is “caught” it would be quite simple to also catch the “sender”. If “getting someone else in trouble while not exposing myself to trouble” is important to the sender, it’s unlikely that messaging would be the conduit they’d use.
If we’re talking about an authoritarian government, they already have all the advantages. In the physical world, there’s all sorts of trails left by which the government can have a fairly good idea at what someone’s up to (and, if they don’t know, that, too would raise their attention). And, something they didn’t have in Germany, is the very extensive digital trails people leave. With the data at their disposal, CSAM would not add even .00001% to their ability to know all they need to know about a citizen.
Actually, it's not. Apple provides a service and the students use it. If they misuse it, thats on them and their parents.As someone who works in a school, I can tell you this has become an enormous problem. I am not sure if it's the "right" decision, but it will help the situation we are frequently dealing with inappropriate pictures being airdropped.
I am aware that no matter what, students have to accept it, and they have a degree of responsibility, not just the one sending it.
What's AirDrop and Why Are Kids Using It?
What parents need to know about AirDrop, the Apple feature that lets you instantly share photos, files, and other content and can expose kids and teens to inappropriate content. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.www.commonsensemedia.org
I don’t disagree and it “should” be that way…I wish it were that simple. Schools don’t get to say that it isn’t their problem according to cultural, political, professional, and legal requirements. Plenty of issues come into schools that are caused largely by external forces that schools are held responsible for.
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Set mine to “Contacts Only” as soon as I got my phone.
Kids like doing this on purpose to get sent "interesting" things. It's similar to being in on the latest gossip but many times more potentially dangerous.
If you don't have someone in your contacts, but you need them to send you something easily, it is useful. There are practical reasons for it.
I'm one who leaves mine set to "Contacts Only". If somebody not in my contacts needs to send me something, turning on "Everyone for 10 minutes" is just as effective as "Everyone" - with the additional bonus that I don't have to go back in and reset it to "Contacts Only" later.
Tim Cook and Apple are very selective when they care about rights and the importance of speech. Imagine if Apple did this in the US during the summer of 2020 with BLM.
