Apple AirTags stalking led to ruin and murders, lawsuit says
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Dozens join lawsuit alleging Apple AirTags are stalkers’ “weapon of choice.”

Apple AirTags stalking led to ruin and murders, lawsuit says — Dozens join lawsuit alleging Apple AirTags are stalkers’ “weapon of choice.”::Dozens join lawsuit alleging Apple AirTags are stalkers’ “weapon of choice.”

  • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.ukEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    It’s built into the OS since apple and google agreed common standards for tag detection.

    The google compatible tags (which aren’t launched yet, possibly because of stuff like this) will be detected by apple devices too.

    • YoungLiars@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Glad they were so proactive to have a better solution, the app situation was a load of crap. Looked it up and found the setting on my phone and it’s enabled. It appears my AirTag wouldn’t set it off as i have the iPhone with the tag and therefore it is not considered separated. I’ll turn my iPhone off next time I ride my bike to see if that causes it to detect it.

      • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve definitely seen the alert from Android, with no app installed. I knew about the tags in question however, so it wasn’t an issue. It took several hours to notice however. I’d imagine a false positive is a lot more of an issue than false negatives.

    • steal_your_face@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      If it’s now built into the OS that is great going forward, but how many phones have the latest OS? Like 10%?