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Apple sued by women who say AirTag is ‘weapon of choice of stalkers’

 
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Apple sued by women who say AirTag is ‘weapon of choice of stalkers’
Apple has been sued by two women who said its AirTag devices have made it easier for their former partners and other stalkers to track down victims.

In a proposed class action filed on Monday in San Francisco federal court, the women said Apple has been unable to protect people from unwanted trafficking through AirTag since launching what it called the “stalker proof” device in April 2021.

Starting at $29, AirTags are 1-1/4 inches in diameter, and intended to be slipped into or attached to keys, wallets, backpacks and other items so people can find them when they are lost.

But privacy experts and law enforcement have said some people use Airtags for criminal or malicious purposes.

The plaintiffs called AirTag “the weapon of choice of stalkers and abusers,” and said it has been linked to murders this year of women from Akron, Ohio, and Indianapolis.

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Cook doesn't care about women; he's ghay. He's fine without them.
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Cook doesn't care about women; he's ghay. He's fine without them.
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I keep an airtag in my own car so I don't have to look or remember where I parked it and it doesn't work more than half the time. Maybe it's a POS, maybe it's because apple thinks I am stalking myself.
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*takes* battery out of phone
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I keep an airtag in my own car so I don't have to look or remember where I parked it and it doesn't work more than half the time. Maybe it's a POS, maybe it's because apple thinks I am stalking myself.
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They have like a 100 yard range. They are useless.
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BECAUSE THEY ARE. WORSE THAN MEN STALKING WOMEN ARE GOVT KILLERS STALKING THEIR PREY.

THIS IS HOW THE GOVT TRACKS WHISTELBLOWERS THEY WANT TO GET RID OFF.
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I keep an airtag in my own car so I don't have to look or remember where I parked it and it doesn't work more than half the time. Maybe it's a POS, maybe it's because apple thinks I am stalking myself.
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They have like a 100 yard range. They are useless.
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no, other apple phones in the vicinity are supposed to detect it for me. then its location is reported to apple's icloud and i am supposed to be able to look it up.
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I keep an airtag in my own car so I don't have to look or remember where I parked it and it doesn't work more than half the time. Maybe it's a POS, maybe it's because apple thinks I am stalking myself.
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They have like a 100 yard range. They are useless.
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They need to be within range of an iphone to connect to the system.
Apparently any iphone.
I read they work great in a crowded city but not so good in rural areas.
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The suit will get tossed.

Airtags are no different than firearms, if they are used maliciously is not the fault of Apple or the gun manufacturer.
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BECAUSE THEY ARE. WORSE THAN MEN STALKING WOMEN ARE GOVT KILLERS STALKING THEIR PREY.

THIS IS HOW THE GOVT TRACKS WHISTELBLOWERS THEY WANT TO GET RID OFF.

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If a gun manufacturer can be sued when their product works correctly, just wrongly, makes sense that apple can be sued.
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If a gun manufacturer can be sued when their product works correctly, just wrongly, makes sense that apple can be sued.
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Anyone can sue anyone else for anything. Apple has a whole building full of lawyers who just dick around with these nonsensical lawsuits every day. The sad part is that the real costs, like clogging the courts, and taxpayer funded judges, court personnell etc. are not recouped by the 'filing fees'.
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Next we can sue gun manufacturers for shootings pigchef
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I need to get air tags for my two kittens. They are pretty sneaky and take every opportunity to get near the front door when it’s open.
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I need to get air tags for my two kittens. They are pretty sneaky and take every opportunity to get near the front door when it’s open.
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catfilenails GOOD IDEA ...HOPE THEY DONT SUE CRAPPLE
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good!!!

that almost was used to take my friends daughter at Disneyland not too long ago...she's 11 or so. they took her bag and waited for her in a bathroom. Dad went in instead and boooooy it got uncomfortable quick....bit they're good at getting away too.

Pretty sure its WELL known these devices are used in kidnappings world wide. there is ZERO way apple doesn't know this is going on. they're either complicit or don't care.
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Get it all.
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CAN BE USED TO TRACK BACK STALKERS


Battery life up to 1 year

You just let the Apple Ecosystem of all other people do the passive tracking!


Make sure target has no BT-le scanner or Apple phone

Change tags every 3 days.
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How funny it is all the Apple freaks and fanboys are now helping you in your surveillance using yet another tool
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It's a great way to catch a cheating spouse though... one guy I knew caught his girlfriend like that.

Ethically questionable, but effective as hell.
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It's a great way to catch a cheating spouse though... one guy I knew caught his girlfriend like that.

Ethically questionable, but effective as hell.
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There is a Tracker Detect app that you can put on your phone to scan the immediate area for tracking devices. It was put out by Apple.


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I keep an airtag in my own car so I don't have to look or remember where I parked it and it doesn't work more than half the time. Maybe it's a POS, maybe it's because apple thinks I am stalking myself.
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They have like a 100 yard range. They are useless.
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no, other apple phones in the vicinity are supposed to detect it for me. then its location is reported to apple's icloud and i am supposed to be able to look it up.
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I think any wireless network can detect, not just iphones.

you could use it for Uber, it's really helps to find the rider, if they choose to activate it you can locate their phone whether you have iphone or not so....

there's all kinds of stuff they can do obviously

but they set it up so it's accuracy was not that great, I had a feeling that was intentional, i think they actually have the ability to pinpoint them to exact locations, but if they are inside buildings there are things that throw it off.

I think that's why the 5G is such a big deal, it's got all those bugs worked out.
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good!!!

that almost was used to take my friends daughter at Disneyland not too long ago...she's 11 or so. they took her bag and waited for her in a bathroom. Dad went in instead and boooooy it got uncomfortable quick....bit they're good at getting away too.

Pretty sure its WELL known these devices are used in kidnappings world wide. there is ZERO way apple doesn't know this is going on. they're either complicit or don't care.
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wow, was her father carrying?

what i hear is people have their phones stolen and the police need a warrant to track the phone, so i guess the judge doesn't have time to review every phone theft or the powers that be don't really hand out that tech because it's alot of power , if you could track everyone's phone
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There is a Tracker Detect app that you can put on your phone to scan the immediate area for tracking devices. It was put out by Apple.


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I looked at the reviews, and apparently there's some better apps out there.
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good!!!

that almost was used to take my friends daughter at Disneyland not too long ago...she's 11 or so. they took her bag and waited for her in a bathroom. Dad went in instead and boooooy it got uncomfortable quick....bit they're good at getting away too.

Pretty sure its WELL known these devices are used in kidnappings world wide. there is ZERO way apple doesn't know this is going on. they're either complicit or don't care.
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wow, was her father carrying?

what i hear is people have their phones stolen and the police need a warrant to track the phone, so i guess the judge doesn't have time to review every phone theft or the powers that be don't really hand out that tech because it's alot of power , if you could track everyone's phone
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I don't know if the police "need" a warrant to track the phone. They didn't bother locating missing/stolen phones in the past so they may not even request a warrant because they won't do a search anyway.
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