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A prominent group of Virtual YouTubers (whose talents use avatars and keep their real identities anonymous) recently needed to stop allowing fans to send gifts
by btown 5y ago
A prominent group of Virtual YouTubers (whose talents use avatars and keep their real identities anonymous) recently needed to stop allowing fans to send gifts to talents, despite them always having been screened, because the gifts might contain AirTags that could ping the sender when they arrive ina talent’s home. It’s not that this wasn’t possible before, but it suddenly became easy for a would-be stalker to execute the attack.
A tool like this that reliably detects AirTags rather than relying on whatever heuristics Apple uses to say “an AirTag is following you” would be invaluable for people’s opsec, be they performers or journalists or anyone else desiring anonymity.
- sen 5y agoWhy not just have all packages go through a central location first, like an office in the city or something, where someone can open them and pass on the gifts? This is already a thing for celebrities/people who get targeted by stalkers/attackers.
- csande17 5y agoAirTags are small enough that you can hide them inside the gift item itself.
- mmis1000 5y agoThey are probably even thin enough that can embedded into cardboard or somewhere in the product so only open the box to inspect doesn't matter
- kelnos 5y agoThe gifts could then sit in "quarantine" for a day or so, with an Android phone running AirGuard sitting nearby.
- numpad0 5y agoIs it possible to build a "delay fuse" with a CR1216 or CR1616, Nch FET and a 6-pin AVR all inside a CR2032? Yes, with plenty of room to spare for caps[1] 1: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_oLLKOVUAItesC?format=png&name=900x900 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_oLLKOVUAItesC?format=png&name=... e: meant to say delay fuse, not slow [blow] fuse
- hollander 5y agoYou can remove the speaker
- numpad0 5y agoCan’t realistically inspect dozen random products from Amazon each day and never let an AirTag slip. They stream from home with an iPhone for face tracking so accuracy will be nothing short of ideal.