AirTag
Stalking: Fear of Apple AirTag ‘Explodes’ — Lawsuit Momentum Grows
Richi Jennings | | AirTag, AirTags, Apple, Apple AirTag, cyberstalking, Digital Stalking, Find My iPhone, SB Blogwatch, Stalkerware, Stalking, Stalkware, Tracker Detect, trackers
This is why we can’t have nice things: 38 victims of Apple’s “negligence” named in amended class action ...
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Android Foils AirTag Stalkers and Thieves — While Apple Does Nothing
Richi Jennings | | AirTag, android, Apple, Consumer IoT, cyberstalking, geolocation, google, iot, location privacy, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Stalking
C’mon Cupertino: “Unknown Tracker Detected,” your phone screams. What now? ...
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DEA Using AirTags to Track Packages (and Drug Manufacturers)
It was recently reported in Forbes that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was using Apple’s AirTags to help track drug manufacturers. According to the March 23 article by Thomas Brewster, “[B]order ...
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Tile Trackers Accountability Mode
One of the problems with tracking devices is that they can be used for good or for evil. When used for good, they can help you locate a stolen purse, a stolen ...
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AirTag Stalking – Murder, Fear and Litigation
At the end of January 2022, Akron, Ohio resident Heidi Moon was staying in a hotel in Kent, Ohio when her ex-boyfriend texted her, indicating that he knew where she was. Four ...
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Apple Failed—AirTag has a HUGE Stalking Problem
Richi Jennings | | A million people being able to find their keys a bit easier is no tradeoff for a single person being stalked, AirTag, Apple, Consumer IoT, cyberstalking, geolocation, iot, location privacy, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Stalking
One year on, the Apple AirTag product has proved the dire predictions correct: They’re being used to “stalk and harass women.” ...
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TikTok Circumvents Privacy Protections, Russian Sanction Attacks, Apple AirTag Anti-Stalking Measures
Tom Eston | | AirTag, AirTags, Apple, Apple iOS, Biden, Cybersecurity, Device Tracking, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Information Security, Infosec, Podcast, Privacy, Ransomware, Russia, security, Stalking, surveillance, technology, TikTok, tracking, Ukraine, Weekly Edition
How TikTok can circumvent privacy protections and performs device tracking that gives TikTok full access to user data, the US government warns about ransomware attacks after Biden’s new sanctions against Russia, and ...
Apple AirTag: Absolutely Awful, Say Stalking Victims
Richi Jennings | | AirTag, Apple, Consumer IoT, geolocation, location privacy, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, The whole concept really depends on people acting decently
Apple is coming under renewed flak for its AirTags—and how they make life easy for stalkers and carjackers. But is the criticism fair? ...
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Apple AirTag Android App is Absolutely Awful—Tracker Detect Fail
Richi Jennings | | AirTag, android, Apple, cyberstalking, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Stalking, the people collecting this information are generally better at being evil than I am at being paranoid, Tracker Detect
Apple is proud to announce its anti-stalking app for Android: Tracker Detect lets Android users scan for malicious, hidden AirTag trackers ...
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Apple AirTag Good Samaritan Attack, iCloud+, Amazon Astro Dog and Ring Camera Drone
Tom Eston | | AirTag, Always Home Cam, amazon, Amazon Astro, Apple, Astro, Astro Dog, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Infosec, Podcast, Privacy, Ring, Ring Camera, Ring Camera Drone, security, technology, USB Drop, Weekly Edition
Will Apple AirTag’s replace malicious payload USB drops? Details on Private Relay and Hide My Email features included with iCloud+, and a fun discussion about Amazon’s Astro robot and the Ring camera ...