What are the risks of setting the airdrop delivery function of mobile phones to be open to everyone?

On February 8th, 65438, Apple launched the version of iOS 16.2 RC today, which brought some new functions, including iCloud end-to-end encryption upgrade and Apple Music Sing. This update will be limited to China? The airdrop delivery function is extended to the global market, that is, "open to everyone 10 minutes".

As soon as this news came out, the security of mobile phone air delivery function was pushed to the forefront.

Although it is convenient to make the function of mobile phone visible to adults, there are also many risks, so you may have to be vigilant when using it.

First of all, the airdrop delivery function is set to the most obvious risk that everyone can see, that is, being harassed by the network, and such news emerges one after another.

In April this year, on the morning of 10, the WeChat WeChat official account of "Safe Hangzhou Metro" issued an early warning notice that "the women's subway received indecent photos from a distance".

Among them, it is said that it was verified by the public security organs that in April this year, a female citizen in Hangzhou received a photo of a male topless body through the "airdrop" function of a brand of electronic products while riding the subway, and then deleted it herself. The citizen did not report the case to the public security organ at that time, and later reflected the relevant situation to the media. At present, the public security organs are investigating further.

Netizen Xin Wei (pseudonym) reported that he often received messages from strangers on the subway and recently received an indecent photo of a strange man.

"For work reasons, I will set the airdrop delivery function in my mobile phone to be open to everyone, but I often receive strange delivery in public places, especially when I take the subway."

Xin Wei said that when he took the subway line 4 recently, he received an airdrop message from a strange mobile phone. "I refused at first, and then sent it to me. The moment I opened the picture after receiving it, it turned out to be an indecent photo of a strange man! I was shocked and quickly clicked Delete. " The police of Pengbu Police Station, which belongs to Xinfeng Station of Hangzhou Metro Line 4, said that sending indecent photos by airdrop violated the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment, and suggested that the parties concerned keep the evidence in time and call 1 10.

Police reminder: When it is not necessary, it is recommended to turn off the airdrop delivery function or turn off the function that allows everyone to receive it. In the face of pictures, videos and other information sent by strangers, please don't open them at will, and be alert to receiving bad information such as fraud, violence and pornography. "If you encounter such a situation, you must keep the evidence and call the police in time."

Secondly, it will increase the risk of privacy leakage. If anyone can find and access the device, your sensitive information such as personal data, photos and videos may be accessed and viewed by unauthorized people. Including the following three situations:

1.？ The file was sent to the wrong device: If you send the file to the wrong device by mistake, others may see your personal information, photos, videos and other sensitive information.

2. Files are accessed by unauthorized persons: If you set the device to be visible to everyone, anyone can send any files to your device. If you don't pay attention to check and filter the contents of these files, you may send sensitive information to unauthorized people, which will lead to privacy leakage.

3. Security vulnerabilities: There may be security vulnerabilities in the airdrop delivery function itself, and hackers or malware can use this vulnerability to access your equipment or data.

Finally, there are data security problems, malicious use and power consumption problems in the airdrop delivery function of mobile phones.

Data security issues: Other people can send malicious software or viruses to your device through airdrop, which will cause your device to be attacked, data lost or stolen.

Malicious use: Others can send inappropriate or illegal content to your device, such as spam, pornographic/violent images, etc. , may bring you psychological harm.

Power consumption: Turning on this function may increase the power consumption of the device, especially when receiving large files.

Therefore, it is risky to set the function of mobile phone to be visible to adults.

Please pay attention to the following points when using:

When setting the airdrop delivery function to be visible to everyone, you should pay attention to the following points:

1. Personal privacy protection: After this function is turned on, anyone else can send any file to your device. So you should carefully consider its usage scenarios and security risks to ensure that your personal privacy will not be leaked.

2. File content shielding: The received file may contain inappropriate or illegal content (such as pornography and violence). ), so it is necessary to filter and delete in time.

3. Turn off the function at any time: once the equipment is found to be used maliciously or in poor condition, it should be turned off immediately to avoid further losses.

4. Strengthen the security of equipment: In order to strengthen the security of equipment, you should enable screen locking methods such as password, fingerprint and facial recognition, and update the equipment system and security patches regularly.

5. Open only when necessary: In order to protect personal privacy to the greatest extent, it is recommended that you open only when necessary, and only send files to people you trust.

In short, opening the airdrop delivery function has great potential risks to personal privacy and data security. Users should carefully assess the risks and take appropriate measures to protect personal privacy and data security. It is recommended that this function can only be used by people you trust. At the same time, additional measures can be taken, such as using anti-virus software and enabling device screen locking. , enhance the security of the device and protect your privacy and data.