That’s exactly how air tags work currently.
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Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 10 months agoPretty sure that’s straight up against the law. IANAL tho.
piecat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
corbin@infosec.pub 10 months ago
No it’s not, AirTags are just Bluetooth beacons. When an iPhone or other apple device picks them up, the location data is uploaded to Apple’s servers and then sent to whoever owns the AirTag. There’s no two-way communication and the owner of the AirTag doesn’t get any personal ñinfo from the devices picking it up.
cheviotveneer@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Amazon already built it: www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk
lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Apple HomeKit does something similar with BLE devices - if your phone goes out of range, they’ll connect to the closest Apple TV or HomePod to get internet access
Buffalox@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Page is localized, and is empty here. But hey, fuck Amazon anyways.