Comment by 🚀 stack
Re: "Things I hate about living in the now part II"
is that a near field thing? what's a tracker? must be some kind of an apple thing?
2025-01-09 · 1 year ago
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👻 darkghost [OP] · 2025-01-09 at 00:20:
Apple has something called AirTags. They are Bluetooth LE devices powered by a single CR2032 battery. When an iPhone finds one, it tells a mother ship where it is and that it heard AirTag #xxxxxxx without any input from the user. Enough iPhones and you can triangulate where the tag is but it's good enough to find one within a dozen meters or so. There's other devices as well that do the same thing. It's a popular way to track items (eg lost luggage) but the unsavory elements of humanity decided it was a good way to stalk people by covertly putting these on or in their belongings/vehicles.
🚀 stack · 2025-01-09 at 02:00:
Yeah, I really hate the idea of being involuntarily dragged into a proprietary mesh network that provides me with no benefits
🚀 stack · 2025-01-09 at 05:33:
I think all amazon devices also connect to all the neighbors
👻 darkghost [OP] · 2025-01-09 at 18:18:
@hansbrix Much appreciated F Droid app link. I've been using the phone tools and maybe I don't trust them fully.
Original Post
Things I hate about living in the now part II — Getting an unknown tracker alert on my phone. Why are these legal again? I never found it and it didn't pop up again. Must have been someone in proximity to me while I was out and about. Yes, I had it play a sound and did a manual scan. Didn't hear anything and didn't pop up.