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Legislation is the proper protection here.
by akomtu 5y ago
Legislation is the proper protection here.
- hughes 5y agoIs there a specific policy you think should be legislated that would prevent unwanted tracking?
- akomtu 5y agoA blanket ban on hoarding, storing and selling personal data for any purposes other than natsec. Basically, treat personal data like nuclear materials in the laws.
- smoldesu 5y agoI wasn't onboard at first, but I actually think that's a pretty reasonable take to have on it. Apple should be allowed to implement Find My, but only as an open standard that other manufacturers can implement so they can also have safety features. Simply notifying every iPhone isn't going to stop someone from putting it in a kid's backpack, tracking your vehicle, or any other obvious edge case. There are lots of solutions here, but all of them involve Apple tipping their hand: something they've vehemently opposed in the past.
- aeontech 5y agoAs of spring 2021 they actually opened up the Find My spec for third party manufacturers [1] - that’s how those electronic bikes and headphones can have built-in Find My tracking now. [1]: https://developer.apple.com/find-my/ https://developer.apple.com/find-my/
- crooked-v 5y agoHow does that relate to AirTags (or similar devices, like Tile)? The companies that make these trackers aren't selling the data to anyone external, only displaying it to the person who bought the device.
- akomtu 5y agoTracking someone like that would be a felony, ideally, with an order to stop operations for the company who's facilitating it. Using my analogy above, that's like dropping a bag with nuclear waste into someone's pocket.
- dylan604 5y agoCouldn't this fall under stalking legislation?
- crooked-v 5y ago> with an order to stop operations for the company who's facilitating it So, you want to shut down all manufacturers of phones, GPS devices, and Bluetooth devices? Because that's what you're asking for here.
- psychometry 5y agoThat should be a clear indication your analogy is garbage...
- gjs278 5y agostop posting
- cascom 5y agoCivil and commercial penalties would be a start
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- orangepanda 5y agoKidnapping is already illegal. Curious, it still happens
- akomtu 5y agoName one company in the US that's built business around kidnapping.
- randyrand 5y agoI’d like protection against devices not made by US companies too
- hef19898 5y agoWell, since Apple isn't owning its own phone production, that would have interesting consequences, wouldn't it?
- johnhenry 5y agoRight Direction (http://www.rdas.net/ http://www.rdas.net/)
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- KingMachiavelli 5y agoThe tracking using Airtags has very little to do with Apple or any entity that could be controlled via legislation. Airtags themselves don't allow a non-owner to access location data anyway. The tracking via Airtags is just putting a device on someone's person without their knowledge. That is already illegal but unless you know a crime has been committed you are SOL.
- katbyte 5y agoNot to mention you can detect an airtag, cellular devices your out of luck
- jiveturkey 5y agoOf course you can detect a cellular device. You mean, can't detect with an app on your phone.
- bloodyplonker22 5y agoGovernment intervention is not the answer to everything. It is slow and inefficient.