I-AirDrop ikuvumela ukuthi udlulise amafayela ngokushesha futhi kalula phakathi kwamadivayisi akhiqizwe ngumkhiqizo, njenge-iPhone, i-iPad ne-Mac (phakathi kwabanye). Ukwenza lokhu, isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-Bluetooth LE, obukuvumela ukuthi udlulise, uthole futhi uxoxisane ngokuxhumana. Ibuye isebenzise ukuxhumeka kwe-Wi-Fi okukhomba ukukhomba (i-Wi-Fi peer-to-peer) ukuze idlulise idatha. Lokhu kwenza ukudluliswa kwamafayela kusheshe futhi kuphephe, kanye namandla kagesi. Kodwa-ke, akuphephile ngo-100% njengoba kukhonjisiwe yi ukuba sengozini kutholakele lokho kuthinta lolu hlelo.
Yize i-AirDrop isebenzisa izinqubo ezahlukahlukene nezindlela zokubethela ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kokuxhumana phakathi kwamadivayisi, iqembu labaphenyi lithole iphutha lokuvikela elingaholela ingozi idatha yomuntu siqu yabasebenzisi. Kutholwe ochwepheshe abavela kwi-Secure Mobile Networks Laboratory (SEEMOO) kanye ne-Cryptography and Privacy Engineering Group (ENCRYPTO) ye-Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany).
Bathi i-Apple yazisiwe ngalokhu kuba sengozini ku- May ka-2019. Cishe eminyakeni emibili kamuva, inkampani yaseCupertino ayibonanga inkinga noma iphakamise isisombululo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi abasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-1.500 basengozini yokuhlaselwa yimfihlo.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi abasebenzisi bamadivayisi we-Apple angaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.500 bahlala besengozini ekuhlaselweni kobumfihlo okuchazwe. Abasebenzisi kungavikelwa kuphela ngokukhubaza ukutholakala kwe-AirDrop kuzilungiselelo zohlelo nokugwema ukuvula imenyu yokwabelana
Inkinga ingenxa yendlela i-AirDrop ehlola ngayo uma ngabe umsebenzisi kungoxhumana naye. Le yindlela i-AirDrop eqhathanisa ngayo inombolo yocingo ne-imeyili yomuntu ongaba umamukeli we-AirDrop nokufakiwe okugcinwe encwadini yamakheli. Yize le datha ibethelwe, i-Apple isebenzisa indlela ye- hashi ngandlela thile. Lokhu kwenza ukuthi abalingisi ababi badalule imininingwane yabo.
