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The most stalkable users are android users, but even that it's going away with newer androids. And it already beeps when you move it if it's been away from the
by ndr 9mo ago
The most stalkable users are android users, but even that it's going away with newer androids. And it already beeps when you move it if it's been away from the owner for too long.
I know because I have an android phone and a not-so-used ipad and mine beep all the time.
What stalking scenario are you worried with?
- verdverm 9mo agoHave you not seen the stories? Put one of these on the underside of an ex's car
- simonw 9mo agoHow does that avoid the Android/iPhone unknown AirTag warning features?
- buzzerbetrayed 9mo agoAnd it would notify your ex that you did so, no? Apple has already done more than enough to discourage stalking. We shouldn’t nerf all our technology to the ground because assholes exist.
- numpad0 9mo agoIt's too late when they are notified. The last known address is where the victim is at.
- kube-system 9mo agoThe perpetrator has to already find the victim, and physically be there, to put the tag on the car
- PurpleRamen 9mo agoMeeting could happen in public, it doesn't mean they know their private address. For example, meet someone at a convention/fair/job, gift/sell them something which has a hidden tag, and then wait for them to drive to their hotel, or home. Gotcha. With influencer and celebs, you can also send something to their agency, and hope they are re-routed to their home. S** like that happened quite often until people learned to be more careful. Probably still sometimes happens even now.
- kube-system 9mo agoI'm sure idiots do this but it's a pretty high risk way to try to track someone. IME the tracking notifications are timely enough that you're going to have a good idea where they came from. Actual GPS trackers are cheap on Amazon, have better accuracy, and don't notify people they exist -- they just don't have the public's mindshare nearly as much.
- numpad0 9mo agoOn the car, not on the car at the victim's house. Or the much more, frankly common, scenario is: a $15 plushie bought through Amazon wishlist, sold by PerpOwned LLC for $500, and delivered through Amazon warehouse. That's actually happening.
- kube-system 9mo agoI don't know why anyone with a budget would choose to use an Airtag that notifies nearby iPhones and makes noise when you move it around. If Amazon lets you ship arbitrary items to people's private address, that sounds like a vulnerability with Amazon that is far more severe than simply shipping Airtags.
- copperx 9mo agoIsn't it easy to disable the speaker?
- kstrauser 9mo ago“Easy” in relative terms for people who hack on electronics. Even if you remove the speaker, modern phones will tell the victim that someone else’s AirTag is moving along with them, unless the owner of the AirTag is also present.
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- mrgaro 9mo agoNot sure about that. My Android warns me about my wife's airtags so often, that if I would actually be tracked by a malicious airtag, I would just assume it's one of my wife's tags. This could be prevented if I could mark a tag to be trusted on my Android phone, but no such feature exists.