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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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