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AirTag again exposes lies told by airlines about lost luggage (appleinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by octalfudge@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago (12 children)

my iPhone was telling me that my AirTag was showing [the luggage] live in Toronto," said Sih. "It would update every few minutes when it would ping off someone's phone."

The way this works creeps me out

[–] RajaGila@feddit.nl 28 points 1 year ago (11 children)

It's not that as bad as it seems. The way it is set up is actually very privacy-minded with the use of cryptography. I would encourage you to read more about this.

The primary safety concern is stalking. For example when a stalker puts an AirTag on your belongings or vehicle. iPhones can detect unknown airtags moving with you. Android devices should gain this capability in the future.

[–] BoredomAddict@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My android already has this! It's a setting called Unknown Tracker Alerts

[–] RajaGila@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Then they released that already. Nice.

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