I can hear some of you asking, hey MJA, what in the world is an “AirTag”?
[curse word] if I know. I had to look that mess up myself:
“AirTag is a supereasy way to keep track of your stuff. Attach one to your keys. Put another in your backpack. And just like that, they’re on your radar in the Find My app, where you can also track down your Apple devices and keep up with friends and family.
Get by with a little help from hundreds of millions of friends.
When youʼve left something far behind, like at the beach or the gym, the Find My network — hundreds of millions of iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices around the world — helps track down your AirTag. And itʼs designed to protect your privacy every step of the way. ” – so sayeth Apple
Alright, so you can see how problems can ramp up, supereasily, no?
Incidents of Women Being Stalked with Apple AirTags Are Piling Up Across the Country.
Breitbart:
According to police records, women across the United States are being stalked using Apple’s popular AirTag tracking devices.
Vice News reports that recently reviewed police records show that Apple’s popular AirTag tracking devices are being used to track women across the United States. Originally designed to help people track down their lost set of keys or backpacks, the small, affordable tracking discs have been used in a number of carjackings and robberies in recent months, now they’ve reportedly become popular tools to stalk women. Get more
Just watched an old episode of Barney Miller where Harris had to do Mugging Duty…complained that the dress had to have some alterations…”Barn, you know I don’t buy off the rack!”
Social media and electronics are the bane of society. And it’s only going to get worse. Beware the chicoms because they’ve got snooping down to a science.
These are bluetooth devices which latch onto the closest smart phone that has bluetooth activated, which then send location info through cell signals without the phone owner even knowing it. They are accurate to with 30 feet or so in most locations. Android phones have the option for turning location off. Apple products don’t give the user the option.
I heard of a woman using one to track her husband’s car to the parking garage at the apartment of his side piece. Does that count?
If you ever get deep into your phone and find all the permissions and their functions you’ll be very surprised.
My nephew is good at that and helps me get rid of them.
I’m not talking about the ones that are easily found but the hidden, buried ones.
It’s astounding.
@JD – it goes both ways!
Different Tim – Not only that, every time they update you have to go back in to turn back off the stuff that got re-activated.
I purposely have an Android phone and a Macbook pro laptop so they can’t ‘talk’ to each other. lol.
They also use them in the hood to help track baby-daddies…
I miss my old flip phone.
I use my old flip phone every day.
Love it.
No Internet.
After 30 yrs in the computer industry where I carried a Blackberry, cell phone and pager 24/7, I’ve had enough of mobile devices. Yes, I do have a flip phone but only answer it when I can identify the in coming number, if I feel like it.