Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android

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• amzd@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  steal bag
  get notified on my phone that there’s a tracker in there
  helps me disable the tracker

  Thanks mega corps 👍

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  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, stalking seems more common than using this for anti-theft

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  • stevenm2406@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “over time” is key in the description of how this works. I went on a work trip with a colleague recently and it was only about 24 hours after we met up that my phone notified me there was an AirTag following me, because she had one on her car keys. You wouldn’t be notified straight away.

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah. A bag thief would take the valuables and toss the bag pretty quick.

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• pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Google did not put it in Android. They put it in Google Services Framework. GSF is the first part you rip out to protect your privacy.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lemmy definitely has a lot of very tech savvy users

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just use AirGuard

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    • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I already do.

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  • AzureRT@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This for tracking taggers like the thing Apple has, whatever it’s called. Not data tracking

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    • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Their point is that GSF also does a lot of privacy-invasive stuff

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