WASHINGTON, Feb 15 — Conceived as an aid for the absent-minded, AirTag sensors are being diverted towards more sinister ends, with manufacturer Apple facing anger—and...
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 — Conceived as an aid for the absent-minded, AirTag sensors are being diverted towards more sinister ends, with manufacturer Apple facing anger—and lawsuits—over their use as a stalking tool.
That’s what happened to singer Alison Carney in June 2022, when she found an unknown AirTag in her bag while preparing to go on stage at a concert venue in Chicago. “It just became obvious once we found the AirTag that... I wasn’t crazy,” Carney, who lives in Washington, told AFP. “I know that someone’s tracking .”“I know that someone has the ability to put a device on my body or on my property that can track me for the rest of my life, and they’re getting smaller and smaller and smaller and harder to detect.
But since Carney did not file a police report, for fear of retribution, she has not been able to find out for sure who is behind the rogue AirTag found in her bag. In court documents, both women call out Apple for what they see as an insufficient warning system. AirTag alerts sent out by the company are not necessarily immediate, and are only available on iPhones with iOS 14.5 or newer.
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