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is this part right? > If a foreign AirTag is around ANY Apple device that’s connected to a network, a nefarious AirTag owner will know its location! the airta
by awinter-py 5y ago
is this part right?
> If a foreign AirTag is around ANY Apple device that’s connected to a network, a nefarious AirTag owner will know its location!
the airtag is phoning home over all apple hardware, whether or not it belongs to the owner of the tag?
- kshacker 5y agoBasically that is as advertised. The feature set definition of airtag = "tracking the airtag" and this requires a phone home which is done by using any iPhone (or is is any apple) device.
- brendoelfrendo 5y agoCorrect, this is how Apple’s “find my” network works. Devices that don’t have their own GPS can still be on the network because they piggy-back off of nearby Apple devices. Apple devices do notify users if there’s an unknown AirTag following them around.
- madeofpalk 5y agoIt works like Tile and other previous Bluetooth trackers - it relies on a network of devices that can pick up the signal from the tracker and phone it back to the owner/Apple to know the location.
- newaccount74 5y agoWith the major difference that taking part in the Tile network is opt-in (you have to install an app) while taking part in Apple's Find My network is forced on iOS users (there is a way to opt-out, but 99.9% of iOS users are unaware of it).
- awinter-py 5y agofun antitrust case when tile decides they want their plugin to ship with the OS too
- madeofpalk 5y agoSonos and Tile execs warn Congress that Amazon, Google, and Apple are killing competition: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/21/21070812/sonos-tile-basecamp-popsocket-congressional-hearing-amazon-google-apple-competition https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/21/21070812/sonos-tile-basec...
- olliej 5y agoThe find my network is designed to ensure that apple - or any malicious actor will complete access to apple's internal networks - cannot track any device