They are marketed as a great way to track lost luggage or keys, but they may become the latest way for abusers to stalk survivors of intimate partner violence. (From 2021)
) is the founder and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project , a New York–based civil rights and privacy group, and a fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project and the Engelberg Center for Innovation Law & Policy at New York University School of Law.The threat from AirTags is different. AirTags are easy to hide in a target’s bag or car, giving an abuser an easy way to track their location.
Apple has conscripted nearly every iOS device into its global tracking network by default. If you want to opt out, you must navigate a labyrinth of menu options that will prove completely inaccessible to all but the most technically proficient. Apple is offering the illusion of choice, of consent, but nothing more.
For people who use an iPhone, Apple has provided new software alerts to let them know about potential stalking. While the feature is fairly inaccessible, users can get some peace of mind by going to the settings menu and looking for unfamiliar AirTags if they suspect they’re being spied on. But if the survivor has no phone or has an Android device, they’re out of luck. Only after being separated from its owner for 72 hours will the AirTag alert people with a 60-decibel tone,.
Even when abusers don’t live with survivors, that's still three free days of stalking, followed by a warning sound that may be easily missed and which is useless for the hard of hearing. Apple’s failure to take seriously the safety of people who exist outside of the Apple ecosystem is inexcusable. It’s not enough for Apple to just protect iOS users. The billions of Android users deserve to be protected from stalking too.
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