WATCH OUT: In 50 cases in 8 months, women received a notification that they were being tracked via Apple AirTags without their knowledge.
The coat-button-sized AirTag, announced in April of last year, is a Bluetooth tracking device, designed to help you find keys, backpacks, wallets, devices, or any personal item you want to track. It tracks things using Apple’s crowdsourced Find My network, which, as of 2021, boasted about 1 billion devices worldwide. It requires iOS 14.5 and iPad iOS 14.5 or newer.
Reports show that AirTags are used increasingly for stalking. For example, a Vice investigation revealed that out of a total 150 police reports that mentioned AirTags from eight police departments over an 8-month period, there were 50 cases in which women contacted police because they got notifications that they were being tracked by an AirTag they didn’t own.
Another report earlier this year shows how a stalker surreptitiously placed an AirTag in a supermodel’s coat, tracking her for five hours as she went from bar to bar and, later, as she walked home. But assuming the worst, in the case of an unwanted AirTag, a pop-up notification should appear within several hours on your iPhone that reads "AirTag Found Moving With You," as Apple explains in a support page that covers unwanted tracking. "Find My" displays a map of where the AirTag has been observed with you.SUBSCRIBE TO FOX 32 ON YOUTUBE FOR MORE CONTENT
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