Comment on A Suspected Human Smuggler Used AirTags to Track and Control The Woman He Brought Into the U.S.
joelfromaus@aussie.zone 3 months ago
…placing at least seven AirTags on his ex-wife’s car to surveil her.
Assuming the tags weren’t checking in with an owning device (iPhone) that car would’ve been beeping up a storm.
I recently lent a set of work keys to a colleague that I forgot had an AirTag on them, in their words: “fucking things beeped all weekend and my phone kept telling me I’m being followed!”
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
You would need a phone that offers that stuff in the first place. Maybe she didn’t.
joelfromaus@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Unfortunately, yes. iPhones will check passively and Android phones can get an app but you have to check actively. Hopefully Apple and Google work on a solution for active detection on Android devices.
crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
It’s been built into android for a little while now