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I think you’re completely misunderstanding the threat model here. First the reality: Malicious actors interested in, e.g., tracking other people or other peopl
by jmull 5y ago
I think you’re completely misunderstanding the threat model here.
First the reality: Malicious actors interested in, e.g., tracking other people or other people’s things without their knowledge or consent, have many other options. To defeat them, an Apple product just needs to be somewhat less convenient/useful/cost-effective than some of the many other options.
Second, the perception: Apple needs to convince their customers and potential customers that they care and they’ll do something when there’s an issue.
As released, they pretty much had number one covered, though improvements are always good. So they are mostly working on number two… it’s good when there are actual improvements, but that’s not the main point.
- jackson1442 5y agoExactly– the SmartThings tracker didn't ship with any of these features. Tile didn't either. The only reason this is such a conversation is because Apple built these anti-stalking features and marketed them. Not to mention I could probably make a crappy GPS tracker with none of these alerts and stick it to people's stuff. It may be clunky, but there are plenty of good hiding places. Or I could just get this[0]. Or this[1]. Or any of the dozens of trackers I can find on Amazon that would be perfectly good for stalking. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Amcrest-LTE-GPS-Tracker-Geo-Fencing/dp/B07P87SZMJ https://www.amazon.com/Amcrest-LTE-GPS-Tracker-Geo-Fencing/d... [1]: https://www.amazon.com/LandAirSea-Waterproof-Magnetic-Personal-Location/dp/B06XVZ6Y4T https://www.amazon.com/LandAirSea-Waterproof-Magnetic-Person...