Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
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Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
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Re: Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
#2Interesting use case for an air tag. Say someone had a PO Box or mail forwarding service and you wanted to know where they live. Mail them an air tag!
Re: Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
#3I have read many AirTag stories, and so far, I can say that it can be used for good and bad.
Re: Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
#4I would think that mail to a federal authority would go through an x-ray and mail including suspiciously hidden electronics to get nabbed for forensics.
Re: Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
#5Interesting use case for an air tag. Say someone had a PO Box or mail forwarding service and you wanted to know where they live. Mail them an air tag!
I imagine a lot of streamers with PO boxes will get doxxed this way.
Re: Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
#6Sweet Apple didn't bother to create a real time Airtag tracking android app. They have one, but it's manual so it's useless. Thankfully, The Secure Mobile Networking Lab (SEEMOO)of the Computer Science Department of Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany has created an app for it. It's FOSS and available on Google Play and Fdroid.
https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.seemoo.at_t...
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.seemoo.at_tracking_detection
Re: Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
#7Is there a way to scan my immediate area for an AirTag?
I would buy a device I could plug in to my car's USB that would alert me if an AirTag was near.
Re: Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
#8Sweet Apple didn't bother to create a real time Airtag tracking android app. They have one, but it's manual so it's useless. Thankfully, The Secure Mobile Networking Lab (SEEMOO)of the Computer Science Department of Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany has created an app for it. It's FOSS and available on Google Play and Fdroid. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
Thanks! Just installed it and I have airtag but it didn't pick it up. Maybe it needs some time..
Re: Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
#9I would think that mail to a federal authority would go through an x-ray and mail including suspiciously hidden electronics to get nabbed for forensics.
Maybe she sent an airtag in a package to a legit gov agency, it was scanned, and they detected the tag.
So they forwarded to this "secret" agency for detailed examination.
(a thought, likely or not... I do not work for the gov)
Re: Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
#10Sweet Apple didn't bother to create a real time Airtag tracking android app. They have one, but it's manual so it's useless. Thankfully, The Secure Mobile Networking Lab (SEEMOO)of the Computer Science Department of Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany has created an app for it. It's FOSS and available on Google Play and Fdroid. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
Thanks! Just installed it and I have airtag but it didn't pick it up. Maybe it needs some time..
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