And the woman probably had an iPhone herself and therefore literally gave him her position all the time herself. How nice of her.
A Suspected Human Smuggler Used AirTags to Track and Control The Woman He Brought Into the U.S.
Submitted 5 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to technology@beehaw.org
https://www.404media.co/airtags-stalking-fbi-human-smuggling-case/
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30p87@feddit.de 5 months ago
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Do you mean how nice of Apple? How the hell did you turn this around to be the victim’s fault?
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
A more charitable reading might detect irony in that comment. Their intent might not have been victim-blaming.
joelfromaus@aussie.zone 5 months ago
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 5 months ago
You would need a phone that offers that stuff in the first place. Maybe she didn’t.
joelfromaus@aussie.zone 5 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.