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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by voisin on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:26AM (#39079877)
> I also don't like keeping AirDrop running chronically

Why?

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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by mckn1ght on Sunday January 21, 2024 @12:37PM (#39080570)
It’s better now that you can choose only to expose it to contacts, and only enable it for “everyone” for a limited time. I seem to remember in the past you could leave “everyone” enabled indefinitely, evident anytime you stood in a crowd.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by bananapub on Sunday January 21, 2024 @01:38PM (#39081334)
> I seem to remember in the past you could leave “everyone” enabled indefinitely, evident anytime you stood in a crowd.

er yes, Apple seemingly eliminated the "everyone/forever" option because it was being used to slightly-anonymously[0] spread stuff the chinese government didn't like [1]

0: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/hackers-can-id-uniq... 1: https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/09/apple-limits-airdrop-every...

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