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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday December 09, 2023 @04:51PM (#38586427)
I suspect there's more where that came from. The only reason we learned of this, is because the cat was let out of the bag, and Apple was able to talk about it (gag order).

People might want to think about how AirTags and Find My Phone work...

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by paulmd on Saturday December 09, 2023 @05:57PM (#38587017)
> People might want to think about how AirTags and Find My Phone work...

rotating BTLE identifiers controlled by a pseudorandom sequence derived from a key, and tunneled over end to end encryption?

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by oarsinsync on Sunday December 10, 2023 @04:28AM (#38590338)
With locations over time tied to personal identifiers stored in a database with no public audit controls
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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by chfalck on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:40PM (#38605233)
Isn’t that already what every standardly configured smartphone does?
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