Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Post by kaycebasques » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 4:34 PM UTC

Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar
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Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

#2

Post by donkarma » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 5:30 PM UTC

this is hardly a new attack when GPS trackers existed before

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

#3

Post by browningstreet » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 5:43 PM UTC

donkarma wrote: post #2

this is hardly a new attack when GPS trackers existed before

Cost (very low) and ease of use make this different.

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Post by reed1234 » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 5:44 PM UTC

donkarma wrote: post #2

this is hardly a new attack when GPS trackers existed before

And AirTags even alert those (iPhone users) being tracked so they are even less practical

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Post by happytoexplain » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 5:46 PM UTC

donkarma wrote: post #2

this is hardly a new attack when GPS trackers existed before

The impression most people have is that this is highly available, small, easy to use, cheap, and there is plausible deniability in the intention of purchasing one.

Now, there may be other solutions with some or all of those qualities to varying degrees, but the simple fact that the impression is popular necessarily means that it will see usage in cases where the perpetrator would otherwise not have committed the act.

In other words, "this isn't new technology" is a true but not terribly relevant sentiment.

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Post by Goz3rr » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 5:46 PM UTC

browningstreet wrote: post #3

donkarma wrote: post #2

this is hardly a new attack when GPS trackers existed before

Cost (very low) and ease of use make this different.

How so? You can get GPS trackers for less than an airtag

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Post by JohnTHaller » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 5:47 PM UTC

reed1234 wrote: post #4

donkarma wrote: post #2

this is hardly a new attack when GPS trackers existed before

And AirTags even alert those (iPhone users) being tracked so they are even less practical

Except for the folks who aren't iPhone users, which is the majority of people.

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Post by ahepp » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 5:47 PM UTC

Surely Apple can use information from their Find My account to figure out who the AirTag was registered to. Even if the tag has been destroyed. That should be trivially easy, right?

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Post by Ekaros » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 5:48 PM UTC

JohnTHaller wrote: post #7

reed1234 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And AirTags even alert those (iPhone users) being tracked so they are even less practical

Except for the folks who aren't iPhone users, which is the majority of people.

Maybe some sort of audible alarm could be in order. Let say every 1-4h hours.

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Post by tuxone » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 5:49 PM UTC

reed1234 wrote: post #4

donkarma wrote: post #2

this is hardly a new attack when GPS trackers existed before

And AirTags even alert those (iPhone users) being tracked so they are even less practical

Has anyone got the same kind of alerts with AirPods 3/Pro? This is a recurrent issue while hanging out with SO, friends and family and the only devices that we believe carrying are those AirPods.