Hackernews posts about AirDrop

AirDrop is a proprietary wireless file-sharing technology developed by Apple that enables users to transfer files between devices without using internet connectivity.

1. Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative (github.com)
   563 points by meatjuice about 1 year ago | 229 comments
2. Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop (www.sharedrop.io)
   228 points by linkdd 11 months ago | 154 comments
3. Flatpack field hospitals that can be airdropped to disaster zones (www.theguardian.com)
   222 points by tosh 12 months ago | 69 comments
4. Attack of the Week: Airdrop Tracing (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
   207 points by feross 11 months ago | 68 comments
5. Apple knew AirDrop users could be identified and tracked as early as 2019 (edition.cnn.com)
   146 points by giuliomagnifico 11 months ago | 17 comments
6. Sharedrop: Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC – inspired by Apple AirDrop (github.com)
   117 points by nateb2022 5 months ago | 70 comments
7. Show HN: I made an app people call "Airdrop for Android" (www.ubidrop.com)
   116 points by alexstyl 11 months ago | 135 comments
8. China Says It Cracked Apple AirDrop to Identify Message Sources (www.bloomberg.com)
   68 points by NN88 11 months ago | 2 comments
9. Apple AirDrop leaks user data like a sieve (arstechnica.com)
   41 points by milkglass 11 months ago | 1 comments
10. AirDrop 'Cracked' by Chinese Authorities to Identify Senders (www.macrumors.com)
    20 points by rmason 11 months ago | 2 comments
11. China Says It Cracked Apple AirDrop to Identify Message Sources (www.bloomberg.com)
    11 points by impish9208 11 months ago | 21 comments
12. Ask HN: Alternatives to AirDrop?
    8 points by swyx almost 2 years ago | 10 comments
13. Chinese government still afraid of AirDrop despite Apple’s change (9to5mac.com)
    8 points by retskrad over 1 year ago | 1 comments
14. Ask HN: Airdrop alternative that works on all platforms?
    6 points by NayamAmarshe 11 months ago | 6 comments
15. AirDrop 'Cracked' by Chinese Authorities to Identify Senders (www.macrumors.com)
    6 points by impish9208 11 months ago | discuss
16. How US airdrop of aid to Gaza works, and why they sometimes don't (www.usatoday.com)
    5 points by 1970-01-01 9 months ago | 1 comments
17. Apple’s AirDrop in the Crosshairs of China’s National-Security Crackdown (www.wsj.com)
    4 points by bookofjoe over 1 year ago | 2 comments
18. Localsend: An open source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop (github.com)
    4 points by yarapavan almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
19. OpenDrop: An open source implementation of the Apple AirDrop protocol (github.com)
    4 points by pushedx 9 months ago | discuss
20. China says state-backed experts cracked AirDrop (www.taipeitimes.com)
    4 points by ip3c4c 11 months ago | discuss
21. China firm reportedly cracks AirDrop using a flaw Apple has known about (www.macworld.com)
    4 points by jayhoon 11 months ago | discuss
22. Story of LocalSend, a cross-platform alternative to AirDrop (console.substack.com)
    4 points by ph4ni about 1 year ago | discuss
23. The AirDrop Conundrum: Passing Custom Models Between Your Apps Now Nixed (www.swiftjectivec.com)
    3 points by goranmoomin 3 months ago | discuss
24. LANDrop – Major Update – A cross-platform AirDrop-like file transfer tool (landrop.app)
    3 points by yvbbrjdr 6 months ago | discuss
25. PairDrop: Local file sharing in the browser. Inspired by Apple's AirDrop (github.com)
    3 points by thunderbong 11 months ago | discuss
26. Apple knew AirDrop users could be identified and tracked as early as 2019 (www.mercurynews.com)
    3 points by bookofjoe 11 months ago | discuss
27. China claims it has cracked Apple AirDrop's encryption to identify senders (www.cnn.com)
    3 points by nabla9 11 months ago | discuss
28. Show HN: A Better AirDrop (sindresorhus.com)
    3 points by mofle almost 2 years ago | discuss
29. Conservationists² to Airdrop Rodent Poison on Infested [reserve, Marion] Island (apnews.com)
    2 points by mdp2021 9 months ago | 1 comments
30. PrivateDrop: Breaking and Fixing Apple AirDrop (2021) (privatedrop.github.io)
    2 points by kotaKat 11 months ago | 1 comments