There have been numerous reported cases where iOS device users with AirDrop privacy set to "Everyone" have received unwanted files from nearby strangers; the phenomenon has been termed "
cyber-flashing." From iOS 16.1.1, Apple replaced the "Everyone" mode with "Everyone for 10 minutes" for users in China at first, which automatically reverts to contacts only after time elapses. After it was discovered, Apple stated that this feature was intended to reduce unsolicited content, and became available worldwide with iOS 16.2. It did not comment upon the timing of the change or why it is initially limited to China, with reports suggesting that the limitation was implemented due to the
Beijing Sitong Bridge protest. In March 2022 a flight between Seattle and Orlando was detained on the runway at
Orlando International Airport until police decided a hijack threat was "not credible", after a 10-year-old child on board the plane airdropped a threat to another passenger, who alerted the crew. In May 2022, an AnadoluJet flight between Israel and Turkey was deboarded after Israeli users used AirDrop to share pictures of a Turkish airline crash, leading to at least one injury to a passenger. After a search of the luggage, the flight was reboarded and resumed its trip some hours later. In July 2022, an 18-year-old Spanish man flying from Rome to Alicante airdropped pictures of skulls and a generic message in
Amharic to some of the passengers, before takeoff. As the crew was informed and the captain asked for police intervention, the flight left with a two-hour delay and the young man was charged with procuring an alarm. In late August 2022, a man on an airplane that was taxiing for take off airdropped nude photos of himself to others on the Southwest Airlines flight from
Houston to
Cabo San Lucas. When a passenger reported this to the flight crew, the pilot announced that if this didn't stop he would return to the gate, which would ruin their vacations, and the activity stopped. == See also ==