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> Communication with the Find My network is end-to-end encrypted so that only the owner of a device has access to its location data, and no one, including Apple
by ylk 5y ago
> Communication with the Find My network is end-to-end encrypted so that only the owner of a device has access to its location data, and no one, including Apple, knows the identity or location of any device that helped find it.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/04/apple-introduces-airtag/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/04/apple-introduces-airt...
In case you care about details: https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/security/sec60fd770ba/web https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/security/sec60fd770ba/... https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/security/secd4ab33e5c/1/web/1 https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/security/secd4ab33e5c/...
I'm not sure how the e2ee works out when using Find My in the browser, but that's a different topic, I guess.
edit:
> This entire interaction is end-to-end encrypted, anonymous, and designed to be battery and data efficient, so there is minimal impact on battery life mobile data plan usage and user privacy is protected.
https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/security/sec6cbc80fd0/1/web/1 https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/security/sec6cbc80fd0/...