Attack of the week: Airdrop tracing

It’s been a while since I wrote an “attack of the week” post, and the fault for is entirely mine. I’ve been busy writing boring posts about Schnorr signatures. But this week’s news brings an exciting story with both technical and political dimensions, namely: that a new Chinese technique is being used to trace AirDrop transmissions.

A quick note: most of my “attack of the week” posts are highlight recent research. This post is therefore a bit unusual: the …

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