/
Navigation
Chronicles
Browse all articles
Explore
Semantic exploration
Research
Entity momentum
Nexus
Correlations & relationships
Story Arc
Topic evolution
Drift Map
Semantic trajectory animation
Posts
Analysis & commentary
Pulse API
Tech news intelligence API
Browse
Entities
Companies, people, products, technologies
Domains
Browse by publication source
Handles
Browse by social media handle
Detection
Concept Search
Semantic similarity search
High Impact Stories
Top coverage by position
Sentiment Analysis
Positive/negative coverage
Anomaly Detection
Unusual coverage patterns
Analysis
Rivalry Report
Compare two entities head-to-head
Semantic Pivots
Narrative discontinuities
Crisis Response
Event recovery patterns
Connected
Search: /
Command: ⌘K
Embeddings: large
Product

AirDrop

Filtered to controversy pattern ×
30 articles accelerating

AirDrop has appeared in 30 articles since 2017-09. Coverage peaked in 2024Q1 with 4 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Apple, Quick Share, iPhone, China.

Articles
30
mentions
Velocity
+100.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+1.750
velocity change
Sources
19
publications

Coverage Timeline

2024-01-13
CNN 12 related

Security researchers say they warned Apple as early as 2019 about AirDrop vulnerabilities that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to identify users

2024-01-12
CNN 1 related

Security researchers say they warned Apple as early as 2019 about AirDrop vulnerabilities that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to identify users

Editor's Note: Sign up for CNN's Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need to know about the country's rise and how it impacts the world.

2022-10-19
VICE

Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using AirDrop, one of the few relatively untraceable methods for sharing files in China

Rachel Cheung / VICE : Tweets: @maryhui , @jwassers , @xunlingau , and @rachel_cheung1 Tweets: Mary Hui / @maryhui : Throwback to when Hong Kong protesters used AirDrop to breach China's Firewall: ht...

2021-06-21
BleepingComputer 22 related

Researcher finds iPhone bug that disables wireless functionality after joining a WiFi network called “%p%s%s%s%s%n”; resetting network settings fixes the issue

here's the fix and how to prevent it Gordon Kelly / Forbes : Serious Warning Issued For Millions Of Apple iPhone Users Ali Salman / Wccftech : iOS Bug Causes Certain Network Name to Permanently Disabl...

2021-04-23
Technical University of Darmstadt 69 related

Researchers: an AirDrop user's phone number and email address can be learned via nearby Wi-Fi-capable devices when they open an iOS or macOS sharing pane

TU-Researchers discover significant privacy leak in Apple's file-sharing service  —  Apple users can share files with each other using AirDrop.

2019-06-06
The Atlantic

How groups of teens use AirDrop to share memes, and bombard unsuspecting adults who have AirDrop on, in an attempt to crash their phones

Veronica Belmont, a product manager at Adobe Spark, was riding the train down to Silicon Valley, doing some work on her phone, when dozens of teenagers plopped down into the seats around her. Tweets: ...

Loading articles...

Quarterly Coverage

Top Sources

Narrative

TEXXR tracks 35 Techmeme articles mentioning AirDrop, dating back to September 2017. The biggest stories include Researchers: an AirDrop user's phone number and email address can be learned via nearby... and Google updates Quick Share to work with Apple's AirDrop to make file transfers between.... Frequently covered alongside Apple, Quick Share, Pixel, iPhone, and Blockchain.

Key Moments

2025Q4developer -25pts; consumer +25pts; research -50pts

Relationships

Loading graph...