Bluetooth, AirDrop and such file-sharing services are crucial tools in China, where the so-called Great Firewall has resulted in one of the mostly tightly-controlled internet regimes. In recent years, anti-government protesters have often turned to AirDrop to organise and share their political demands. For instance, some activists were sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using this tool on the Shanghai subway last October - just as the Chinese president was awaiting a historic third term as the country’s leader.

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      Apple has repeatedly given in to Chinese government’s invasive policies, despite all their marketing on “privacy”; because China is a huge market for them. As much as I hate google for most of their practices, they have the basic decency to volunteeringly leave China when their regulations is against the company value.

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        China is a huge market for them

        Yes, and don’t forget that Apple still depends on Chinese factories to assemble its iPhone devices.

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      I doubt they will. They already added a 10 minute limit in airdrop for the “receive from everyone” setting (China first, now worldwide). From a security perspective it’s a good change but it does block the usefulness of airdrop as a tool for mass messaging.

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    Literally 0 sources anywhere and literally invokes 1984

    Liberal propaganda is so fucking lazy. Y’all realize this is way closer to what 1984 was actually about right?

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      @Venus You may have missed some points when reading, so here are a few quotes.

      > The national internet regulator [Cyberspace Administration of China] on Tuesday launched a month-long public consultation on the proposals.

      > Proposals unveiled by the Cyberspace Administration of China on Tuesday …

      > Phone and app developers who want to continue operating in China will have to play by the new rules - or be culled from app stores, said a software engineer who wanted to stay anonymous.

      (Emphasis mine.)

      I agree with you in that it paves the way further to George Orwell’s 1984.

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        Just saying that someone said something is not citing a source. They taught us this in elementary school.

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          The source is the Chinese government, @kleinheld provided the link, everyone can easily verify that.