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IT Home reported on November 2 that, according to a report today by The Paper, an internet user said that although Apple’s iOS 27.2 could previously block shake-to-open ads effectively, it could not prevent shake-to-open ad redirects in the Baidu Netdisk app.
The report said a developer used AI to reverse-engineer the iOS version of Baidu Netdisk and concluded that its advertising framework has an implementation called “No Shake,” which can use a different set of sensors to determine whether a user has rotated their phone even when Apple’s system prohibits access to motion data.
A person familiar with the matter told the outlet that Baidu Netdisk had not deliberately worked around the feature. Rather, Apple’s App Store review process is strict, and Baidu Netdisk’s new version had not yet passed review. The new version is adapted to the feature: “Users are expected to be able to update to the new version in the next two days; it may even go live today.”
IT Home noted that Baidu Netdisk for iOS released version 13.36.5 today (November 2). In IT Home’s testing, Apple iOS 27.2’s “Restrict Motion Data” feature can now prevent shake-to-open ad redirects in this version.