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To buy my phone location data the perpetrator needs to know my phone number firsr, which can be not that easy. Ok. Another scenario. A serial rapist sees a gir
by Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
To buy my phone location data the perpetrator needs to know my phone number firsr, which can be not that easy.
Ok. Another scenario. A serial rapist sees a girl he likes at the shopping mall, exiting her car. He attaches an AirTag to the car, and in a few short hours he knows where she lives.
Of course, he could do it with GPS tracker, but such tracker needs to transmit data, and cellular connection is rarely anonymous, creating risks for the perpetrator. So this wonderful technology makes all sorts of stalking much more accessible.
- lgats 5y agoThis same scenario exists with Tile Trackers.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoAt least not every iPhone reports Tiles to base.
- avianlyric 5y agoOr they could just do it the old fashioned way and just follow them in their car. Or just tape a burner android phone to the car. Or tape a GPS with cellular tracker using a burner SIM to the car. Cellular connections are more than anonymous enough in most countries, and its not like a perpetrator in you scenario is gonna be leaving the device on the car for an extend period of time. At the end of the day stalking someone who isn’t actively defending again being stalked is pretty trivial. AirTags don’t really change the status-quo that much. They’ve just shone a light on an existing issue.