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If you're going to go to that much trouble, at that point it would be easier to use one of the countless pre-existing GPS trackers on the market[1] (which don't
by fastball 6y ago
If you're going to go to that much trouble, at that point it would be easier to use one of the countless pre-existing GPS trackers on the market[1] (which don't have such privacy-aware features) to stalk a victim.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/GPS-Trackers/b?node=617650011 https://www.amazon.com/GPS-Trackers/b?node=617650011
- randyrand 6y agoI took the speaker out of the one I keep in my street parked motorcycle. I don't need to speaker functionality for that. It's only for theft. Took all of 3 minutes. Super convenient.
- SilverRed 6y agoThose cost more and have a short battery life. For a government agency this might not be an issue (hook it up to the car battery). But for a casual malicious user, airtags open up whole new worlds of abuse.
- cageface 6y agoUnlike Airtags these don't participate in Apple's global location tracking network. I think it's also important to consider that Apple getting into this market does a lot to normalize use of trackers and also make them commercially ubiquitous.