# Continuity

Need BT LE (4.0, Bluetooth low energy, aka iBeacons) on (for proxmity detection?), on same Wi-Fi network (auto adhoc too?) + each device connected on same iCloud account

Handoff, AirDrop, Instant Hotspot, Universal Clipboard

Unlock with iWatch use [Time-of-Flight](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6817861/) (802.11ac Wi-Fi) instead

> Apple's Cloud (iCloud) checks the user has permission to access the file, Bluetooth 4.0 (iBeacon) detects when devices are nearby, and Wi-Fi Direct (AirDrop) sends files high-speed over a secure peer-to-peer Wi-Fi connection.

> Handoff passes only enough information between the devices to describe the activity itself, while larger-scale data synchronization is handled through iCloud.

* [Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac - Apple Support](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204681)
* [Bluetooth 4.0 MacBook Pro 2011 | Anderson69s](https://anderson69s.com/2014/11/27/bluetooth-4-0-macbook-pro-2011/)
* <https://github.com/dokterdok/Continuity-Activation-Tool/>
* [yosemite - Why continuity requires bluetooth? - Ask Different](http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/152951/why-continuity-requires-bluetooth)
* [Yosemite maximum distance for continuity? - Apple | DSLReports Forums](http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29619197-Yosemite-maximum-distance-for-continuity)
* [How Apple keeps your Handoff data private and secure | iMore](http://www.imore.com/how-apple-keeps-your-handoff-data-secure)
* [About Handoff](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Handoff/HandoffFundamentals/HandoffFundamentals.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014338)
* [ios8 - Handoff not working from native app to website - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25128878/handoff-not-working-from-native-app-to-website)
* <https://github.com/GDSSecurity/OSX-Continuity-Dialer-POC>
* [GDS - Blog - Apple OS X 10.10 Security Disclosure (CVE-2015-3785, CVE-2015-5897)](https://blog.gdssecurity.com/labs/2015/9/30/apple-os-x-1010-security-disclosure-cve-2015-3785-cve-2015-5.html)
* [AirDrop — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirDrop)
* [OS X Yosemite — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_Yosemite#Continuity)
* [Explaining Continuity: The tech tying iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite together | Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/07/explaining-continuity-the-tech-tying-ios-8-and-os-x-yosemite-together/)
* [Continuity in Yosemite/iOS 8: Which network powers what service? | Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/11/continuity-in-yosemiteios-8-which-network-powers-what-service/)
* (bit off topic) [Seeking Continuity with iOS 8 & Yosemite – Medium](https://medium.com/@distefam/seeking-continuity-with-ios-8-yosemite-dff213083f16#.hfyze7wbo)