Lufthansa says it's banning AirTags from luggage because their Bluetooth transmission function is 'classified as dangerous' and needs to be turned off during flights.
The other night, I watched an episode of “A Million Little Things”, a drama series that follows a group of friends from Boston as they navigate life’s often unexpected curveballs. In the particular episode, one of the characters was shown planting a tag on Maggie, which allowed him to track her location. Perhaps this might have gone unnoticed by others but, considering my career revolves around the issue of personal safety and location data, I couldn’t help but wonder – isn t this an incredibly problematic privacy violation? More importantly, are there real-world examples of this happening?
Responses of just eight police departments to Motherboard investigation reveal widespread harassment using Apple's supposedly stalker-proof Bluetooth tracker.