Apple sued by two women over AirTag stalking

Re:Apple sued by two women over AirTag stalking by Graziano_M on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @12:55PM (#33884236)

I don't really think this is on Apple, but I find it funny that you need to pay Apple (by buying an iPhone) in order to get their anti-stalking features. My grandfather, who never used a smart phone, would have no way of knowing an AirTag was being used against him.

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Re:Apple sued by two women over AirTag stalking by quitit on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @01:11PM (#33884526)

This is pretty false information.

Along with an Android app being available for direct scanning. The airtag itself will beep if it's been away from its linked device for an unusual amount of time.

It's also the only tracking device that when turned into police can be used to obtain information on the person observing the location (i.e. the stalker).

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Re:Apple sued by two women over AirTag stalking by valarauko on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @02:38PM (#33885820)

I think the android app has to manually search for nearby tags, while iPhone will proactively surface notifications that they're being followed, something the Android app does not do. So you'd have to at least suspect that you're being stalked with Android.

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Re:Apple sued by two women over AirTag stalking by roxymusic1973 on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @12:57PM (#33884287)

My great-great-grandfather too.

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Re:Apple sued by two women over AirTag stalking by Tagbert on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @08:17PM (#33889529)

If you have an iPhone it will tell you if an unknown AirTag is near you. Apple provides a free app for Android phones that will let you see if any AirTags are nearby. You don’t have to buy anything

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Re:Apple sued by two women over AirTag stalking by Graziano_M on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:37AM (#33895557)

Except for a smart phone?

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