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Another Driver Finds an Apple AirTag Tracking His Car's Location

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Re: Another Driver Finds an Apple AirTag Tracking His Car's Location

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The article falsely claims, "But if he’d been using an Android phone instead, he never would have known what was happening until it was too late."

Apple released an app for Android to detect Airtags.

https://www.androidauthority.com/airtag-app-3074984/

Re: Another Driver Finds an Apple AirTag Tracking His Car's Location

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The article falsely claims, "But if he’d been using an Android phone instead, he never would have known what was happening until it was too late." Apple released an app for Android to detect Airtags. https://www.androidauthority.com/airtag-app-3074984/

Someone needs to produce a timeline. My own impression was that Apple released the Android app after the first public cases of these shenanigans. But that’s based on my own possibly mixed memories of the various news cycles.

Re: Another Driver Finds an Apple AirTag Tracking His Car's Location

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The article falsely claims, "But if he’d been using an Android phone instead, he never would have known what was happening until it was too late." Apple released an app for Android to detect Airtags. https://www.androidauthority.com/airtag-app-3074984/

Does that mean all Android users must now install the app to prevent getting Airtagged? That seems ridiculous and calling this a false claim is questionable ar best.

Re: Another Driver Finds an Apple AirTag Tracking His Car's Location

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The article falsely claims, "But if he’d been using an Android phone instead, he never would have known what was happening until it was too late." Apple released an app for Android to detect Airtags. https://www.androidauthority.com/airtag-app-3074984/

As the article is dated, this app was released /less/ than a week ago.