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Um - I think you are totally missing the point - Apple is doing probably the only fully encrypted system - vs tile and friends where everything lives in a datab

Um - I think you are totally missing the point - Apple is doing probably the only fully encrypted system - vs tile and friends where everything lives in a database. This is not compromising billions of iOS devices, which frankly remain FAR FAR more secure than 80% of the competitor handsets which in many cases seem to ship with backdoor built in by their mfgs.

refulgentis 5y ago
Hmm, lots to unpack there, I'll stay focused on my iPhone,...I'm not so sure...the lead article on HN yesterday showed you can track people unrelated to tag's routes, live. https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/i-mailed-an-airtag-and-tracked-its-progress-heres-what-happened/ https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/i-mailed-an-airtag-... I've gathered there's a beep if this is going on for 3 days, but...still not comfy with this. And this isn't a particularly fringe opinion, plenty of comments on the article wondering how to opt out:
- bngybmgrglflps 5y ago
  "Beep as anti-stalking measure" is somewhere between marketing spin and gaslighting. A lost AirTag chirps to serve its primary function of being recovered. The timer is 3 days[1], which observers (Forbes, WaPo) agree is surprisingly unreasonable for this use case. We can infer it was never a serious design consideration. On Android, decent Bluetooth is a gamble, but scanning will theoretically find one[2]. [1] https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/04/20/moren-fine-print https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/04/20/moren-fine-prin... [2] https://lifehacker.com/try-using-a-bluetooth-scanner-app-to-find-unwanted-airt-1846829920 https://lifehacker.com/try-using-a-bluetooth-scanner-app-to-...