Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress
by mschuster91 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:00AM
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> Plus it's tied to your Apple account, so we're talking about getting a fresh iPhone and ginning up an account, or leaking exactly who is doing the stalking.
iPhones can be grabbed used for fairly low prices, same for Apple accounts.
Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress
by user-the-name on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:09AM
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As can GPS trackers.
The latter isn't something under the stalker's control, it's just a really poor tool for that particular type of antisocial behavior.
Plus it's tied to your Apple account, so we're talking about getting a fresh iPhone and ginning up an account, or leaking exactly who is doing the stalking.
The number of people who will try it isn't zero, we don't live in that kind of world. I don't picture it going very well for them.