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There are non-Apple-branded tracking devices available, have been for many years. Does each manufacturer of those also owe you an Android app?
by pwinnski 5y ago
There are non-Apple-branded tracking devices available, have been for many years.
Does each manufacturer of those also owe you an Android app?
- mcphage 5y ago> Does each manufacturer of those also owe you an Android app? Yeah, probably.
- skinnymuch 5y agoWhat about people who don’t have smartphones or people with old smart phone OSes like Symbian? Doesn’t seem feasible to maintain a dozen apps like WhatsApp used to have. Maybe still has? Across many platforms.
- mcphage 5y ago> What about people who don’t have smartphones or people with old smart phone OSes like Symbian? Doesn’t seem feasible to maintain a dozen apps like WhatsApp used to have. Well, if you're a company that manufactures a product that can be used for spying on people, and you want to make clear that the intended use isn't for spying on people, then I guess you need to ask how badly you want to make clear that it's not a technology for spying on people. In the case if your specific questions, if you don't have a phone with BTLE, then your phone probably can't detect it.
- wongarsu 5y agoBefore AirTags these devices were somewhat obscure, and without the ability to have their location broadcast by a network of smartphones either a lot bulkier or a lot less capable. Apple widely advertised theirs, turning them from something you see in Breaking Bad to something you buy in the mall. I think it's completely fair to single Apple out here.
- skinnymuch 5y agoWouldn’t this logic extend? So a person who wants to track you because they heard about this has a good chance of hearing of the beeping and alerts. So then they get a different tracker that doesn’t alert you.