Comment on Apple AirTag Stalking Has Led to Murder, Amended Class-Action Lawsuit Says
atrielienz@lemmy.world 11 months agoYour answer to “you may be killed by someone using a refactor spy device marketed by one of the largest tech companies in existence” is to “get a new phone”. Jesus. Do you hear yourself?
cosmic_slate@dmv.social 11 months ago
Tor is used by a few entities with nefarious reasons. Should we ban Tor?
atrielienz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Did I say anything about banning the product?
cosmic_slate@dmv.social 11 months ago
Specifically, what should be done? I’m not talking about posturing with “they should do more”, but what concrete actions should Apple do with Airtags that they aren’t doing already?
atrielienz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What I’m hearing is a lot of whataboutism in this whole thread. Nobody should be allowed to just track you without your permission. Privacy laws should be enforced and should be strengthened to prevent this type of thing.
It doesn’t matter that the auto industry poisoned people for 100 years while lying about the dangers. It matters that leaded fuel isn’t used anymore because people and their governments did something about it (leaded fuel is only used in aircraft, racing cars, farm equipment, and marine engines but not in consumer vehicles since 1975 in the US).
It doesn’t matter that drug companies in the past haven’t given people a complete list of the dangers of drugs. They do now.
It doesn’t sound like you’re actually looking for an answer to what could be improved. It sounds like you use the product or one like it so because it’s convenient for you you don’t care about the inconvenience or danger to anyone else. That’s pretty callous.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What should have been done to start with. They shouldn’t have launched a product (neither should tile or the others) that had the potential to be used this way without significant protections in place. They didn’t even protect their own users at launch.
I’m not really sure what you’re arguing here. That they’ve done enough? That they should be liable for the damage their products have done? That they aren’t violating people’s privacy and potentially their safety by continuing to sell these items? If this were a car manufacturer and someone had died because of a feature of the car there would be a whole recall.