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Re:‘I was just scared’: Apple AirTags lead to stalking compl... by alex_duf on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:30AM (#30025825)
Also it makes the justification of buying such a product much easier. "I need to track my backpack" is better accepted than "I need a GPS tracker to follow my ex partner".

I do believe Apple opened a can of worms they shouldn't have, and that it's going to cause great distress to many people.

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Re:‘I was just scared’: Apple AirTags lead to stalking compl... by diffeomorphism on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:42AM (#30026017)
Apple opened? Weren't these trackers popular long before that, e.g. tile?
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Re:‘I was just scared’: Apple AirTags lead to stalking compl... by syrrim on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:53AM (#30026193)
Apple integrates it into their network of phones, such that they can reliably track someone everywhere they go. I don't think other market players are capable of that.
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Re:‘I was just scared’: Apple AirTags lead to stalking compl... by Jtsummers on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:13PM (#30026498)
Tile has "Tile Network" which is similar: https://www.thetileapp.com/en-us/blog/what-is-tile-network-c...

That blog is from 2020, prior to the release (maybe not the announcement, though) of AirTags. It's also probably nowhere near as widespread as Apple's device network, but it does exist.

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Re:‘I was just scared’: Apple AirTags lead to stalking compl... by Digory on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:17PM (#30027625)
Amazon’s Sidewalk network is backing Tile. All those Echoes, by default, are hardware trackers, too.

Which is why Tile is much better in dense areas than it used to be.

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