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Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by apexalpha on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:06AM (#30298489)
The fact that these work out of the box with iPhones is a bonus, not an entitlement that any phone of any brand should have full support for them without installing any apps and without the user even knowing that the product exists.

Isn't this the whole clue, rather than just a bonus? When someone slips an AirTag on to you every single iPhone in the world forms a sort of ad-hoc spying network against you. Without you or the iPhone's owners knowing.

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Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by kennywinker on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:40AM (#30298810)
You can opt out of participating in this spy network, and probably should Settings -> (tap your apple id card at the top) -> Find My -> Find my iPhone -> turn off “Find My Network”
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Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by apexalpha on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:28AM (#30299221)
That doesn't change a thing. 99,99% of iPhone users won't do this.
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Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by kennywinker on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:02PM (#30303779)
I wasn’t saying that it’s not a problem because you can opt out, I was saying if this stuff concerns you there is a small but tangible step you can take right now
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