With iOS 16.1.1, Apple has limited the window during which iPhone users can receive AirDrop files from non-contacts in China. The move comes after Chinese protesters used AirDrop to spread anti-government images to other iPhone users. Currently, you can accept AirDrop from iPhone users not in your phonebook for 10 minutes. After that, your phone \[…\]

Apple restricts AirDrop’s ‘Everyone’ visibility to 10 minutes in China with iOS 16.1.1

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