Woman finds AirTag stuck to her car amid ongoing privacy concerns
What you need to know
A woman found an AirTag attached to her car after being warned by her iPhone.
Following an alert to say an AirTag was moving with her, the woman found it attached to the car.
AirTags are again in the middle of a privacy storm.
Apple’s software did its job, but questions remain.
A woman says she found an AirTag attached to her car after she was alerted that it was moving with her during a drive home from a bar. The story comes amid ongoing privacy concerns relating to Apple’s location tracker.
Hot on the heels of the news that AirTags could possibly be being used to help steal cars, this latest story comes via a viral tweet in which the story unfolds.
If you don’t know, AirTags are what you can attached to shit so you don’t lose it. But someone put one of theirs *on my car*. It was 2 am and I was driving away with no cars around me and I kept getting this alert for like 30 mins straight. pic.twitter.com/qpodvYAphV
— jeana jeana (@Sega__JEANAsis) December 18, 2021
this morning while I was asleep I had someone close to me check my car and they found it stuck on the underside of my front passenger wheel well. I wish he took pics before he threw it away but it looks like this: pic.twitter.com/O7uZhrq4wh
— jeana jeana (@Sega__JEANAsis) December 18, 2021
It isn’t clear how the AirTag was attached to the car but what we do know is that it was placed there for a reason. We also know that Apple’s privacy features worked as intended here and it’s impossible to know what might have happened if they hadn’t. Questions will obviously now be asked about what might have happened if the woman wasn’t an iPhone owner or had the Android AirTag app installed.
Apple’s AirTag is a great option for anyone who wants to make sure that they never lose their keys or just about anything else ever again. Unfortunately, like other tracking devices, they can be used to track people as well. Apple’s solution is to warn people when an unknown AirTag is moving with them, but that in itself isn’t a guaranteed fix. Amid ongoing privacy concerns, this latest story could amplify the concerns of many.
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