Dozens join lawsuit alleging Apple AirTags are stalkers’ “weapon of choice.”

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    1 year ago

    They already did, except you need to be willing to install a proprietary Apple application. Still a de facto data ransom.

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      That used to be the case, but Apple and Google worked together recently to make it work just like on iPhone - no need for a 3rd party app or anything to notify you if an Airtag is with you.

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        Hmm, I didn’t know this. I checked and it’s enabled. However, the last scan was 11 days ago. Doesn’t seem very useful if it’s not scanning that often.

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        Is it limited to a notification though? The phone and the tag have to communicate with each other in order to send the ping. It should be as easy as a setting on your phone that says “do not process airtag data” and no tags ping through your phone if you don’t allow it.