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Because the cost and ease of use means that even the most hapless DV offender can reach hitherto unrealisable levels of accuracy. While an AirTag isn't going to
by multjoy 5y ago
Because the cost and ease of use means that even the most hapless DV offender can reach hitherto unrealisable levels of accuracy. While an AirTag isn't going to beat 'lumping' your missus' car, the level of entry to this sort of stalking behaviour has suddenly plummeted with their introduction.
- tinalumfoil 5y agoThe fact that these things beep and notify you make it just about impossible to use to track someone's movements without their knowledge, which isn't true with prior location tracking. Anybody using this nefariously would choose a device that doesn't make such tracking impossible. What's craziest about this outrage to me is, if the anti-stalking feature weren't there, the most an average Joe would be able to use this for is to collect a fraction of the data about you that tech companies already collect. You're yelling at your fellow peasants because you suspect they're stealing meanwhile the King is openly pilfering everything.
- multjoy 5y agoThe reason apple have made it really easy to know if one's about is precisely to avoid the stalking issue. That's a deliberate design feature which actually removes some of the utility as a covert device to keep hold of your own stuff.
- tinalumfoil 5y ago> The reason apple have made it really easy to know if one's about is precisely to avoid the stalking issue. I agree. My point is that the only reason people are reading 'stalking' and 'AirTag' in the same sentence is a failure of Apple's marketing. If they just had those features and didn't try to paint a world where your neighbors are out to get you they wouldn't be having this problem.