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Re:AirGuard: Protect yourself from being tracked by AirTags ... by danieldk on Sunday September 19, 2021 @02:46AM (#28582223)
Isn't the default AirDrop setting to receive from people in your contact list only? (It was on my Mac and iPhone.)

Probably some people change the configuration to take AirDrops from everyone, but I'd expect that to be a small minority.

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Re:AirGuard: Protect yourself from being tracked by AirTags ... by jsudi on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:10AM (#28582323)
Unfortunately yes it is.

All of this reminds me of good old bluejacking, which was when we did the same thing using Bluetooth.

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Re:AirGuard: Protect yourself from being tracked by AirTags ... by Aulig on Sunday September 19, 2021 @04:17AM (#28582647)
Funnily enough, I just found out BT Info (or SuperBluetoothHack) still exists and you can run the old .jar with J2ME Loader on Android. Or you can use the new apk. But of course it only works on the old phones.
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