Recently, young people in Korea have gone crazy with the dating feature using AirDrop on the iPhone. They go to a bar or some other recreational place and turn on AirDrop, sending their photos or social media account information to each person in the bar with AirDrop turned on. This helps young people in Korea to meet and start getting to know each other immediately after making an impression. However, it also poses many risks regarding personal information…
However, before young people in Korea went crazy with the ability to find a partner through AirDrop, Kpop idols here used it as a secret, safe, and hard-to-detect dating method.
Jung Yong Hwa talks about the AirDrop method on the show “Mr. House Husband 2”
Jung Yong Hwa – a member of CNBLUE, shared the current dating method among young idols on the show “Mr. House Husband 2”. According to him, both male and female idols, when at the same location, for example a hair salon, waiting room, or makeup room… would communicate with each other through AirDrop. They exchange phone numbers, and even secretly send photos with their names and phone numbers.
This helps them avoid strict control from the management company and ensures that the information sent is completely secure, unlike popular messaging and social media apps in Korea like Kakao Talk…
However, after this was made known to people in the Kbiz industry, they found a way to detect whether idol couples were dating or not. Hyoyeon (SNSD) once shared on the show “Dolsing Fourmen” that: “Do you know AirDrop? We can use AirDrop to find out if male idols are going to the floor of female idols.”
Hyoyeon explains how to detect idol dating through AirDrop from personal management
She also added: “This is originally a tool for sending photos on an iPhone, but if you turn it on, outsiders can check the devices operating around. The manager told me about it. I will try this method at the upcoming concert.”
However, turning on AirDrop is hard to detect directly and clearly as iPhone users can change the device name as they wish. In addition, the devices can be directly connected to each other separately, and the content is also encrypted and secure for sharing information and suitable for secretive dating.
However, when this feature becomes popular in Korea, the absolute secret will no longer exist. Kpop idols may use other unexpected features for dating.
