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Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android (www.apple.com)

submitted 11 months ago by lautan to c/[email protected]

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Apple and Google have teamed up to deliver support for unwanted Bluetooth tracking alerts in iOS and Android.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

steal bag
get notified on my phone that there’s a tracker in there
helps me disable the tracker

Thanks mega corps 👍

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

“over time” is key in the description of how this works. I went on a work trip with a colleague recently and it was only about 24 hours after we met up that my phone notified me there was an AirTag following me, because she had one on her car keys. You wouldn’t be notified straight away.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah. A bag thief would take the valuables and toss the bag pretty quick.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

I mean, stalking seems more common than using this for anti-theft