Woman describes experience of being tracked with an Apple AirTag

[Doctor_Faustus]

@blackanvil

I think my outrage filter needs a good cleaning, because while I acknowledge this is horrible, I remember similar things, but undetectable without specialized equipment, being available back in the 90s, using the cell and pager network along with GPS. And, of course, the government has had radio-based trackers, both used and abused, since what, the 50s? Still, good that this is getting some attention, as it seems these things are user friendly and probably soon to be nigh-ubiquitous

The problem is that the barrier to entry is a completely different one with a consumer product. Your average Joe Stalker is going to be a lot more tempted if they can just buy their surveillance equipment in an apple store or even have it lying around at home anyway.