First of all, I'm generally speaking a fan of Apple products. I have four MacBooks and an iMac in use around the place and have been an iPhone user since the 3G.
But.
What exactly were they thinking about with the AirTag?
Late this afternoon I got a call from a very distressed daughter of mine. Her phone was telling her there had been an Unknown Device in close proximity to her since 13.15 and that her movements had been tracked.
At 13.15 she'd been waiting for the metro to take her home from lectures.
I assumed it was a tag and showed her how to make it beep, and that helped us find it, deep in a coat pocket.
So we have a situation where someone can be tagged completely unawares and against their will and are only informed about it significantly later. In this case it was more than four hours later, when she was already home. So the person who placed the tracker knows where she lives.
Apple's response to complaints about this is complacent to say the least. A new software upgrade warns users of the tags not to use them illicitly because they might be against the law in their jurisdiction. I'm sure that's going to deter people.
I am truly baffled that such a product could reach the mass market with such massive security flaws inherent in its uses.
On another note, the police were slightly less than totally uninterested in the matter when she called them.
She's going to stay at her boyfriend's place for a while because she no longer feels safe in her flat.
But.
What exactly were they thinking about with the AirTag?
Late this afternoon I got a call from a very distressed daughter of mine. Her phone was telling her there had been an Unknown Device in close proximity to her since 13.15 and that her movements had been tracked.
At 13.15 she'd been waiting for the metro to take her home from lectures.
I assumed it was a tag and showed her how to make it beep, and that helped us find it, deep in a coat pocket.
So we have a situation where someone can be tagged completely unawares and against their will and are only informed about it significantly later. In this case it was more than four hours later, when she was already home. So the person who placed the tracker knows where she lives.
Apple's response to complaints about this is complacent to say the least. A new software upgrade warns users of the tags not to use them illicitly because they might be against the law in their jurisdiction. I'm sure that's going to deter people.
I am truly baffled that such a product could reach the mass market with such massive security flaws inherent in its uses.
On another note, the police were slightly less than totally uninterested in the matter when she called them.
She's going to stay at her boyfriend's place for a while because she no longer feels safe in her flat.
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