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When a woman was traveling alone in her car at night, her cell phone suddenly warned her that a GPS tracker was tracking her. She is not alone in this.
You can attach them to objects so that you can determine their location.
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You can locate the air tags with your mobile phone.
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A woman’s cell phone in the United States made her aware that she was being followed with an air tag.
Criminals had attached this to the underside of their car.
Authorities are warning of more and more such cases.
Apple asserts, however, that enough security mechanisms are built into Airtags.
Airtags from Apple are practical, small gadgets that can be attached to all sorts of things such as keys or your wallet. If you misplace these things, the Airtags show you exactly where the objects are with the help of an iPhone. In certain cases, however, airtags can also be dangerous, as the story of a woman from the USA who shared them on Twitter shows.
“Something terrible happened to me today, it was scary,” says her tweet. She was driving her car home at around 2 a.m. when her iPhone suddenly sounded the alarm. “An air tag was found that moves with you,” warned the cell phone. But there were no other cars and no pedestrians on the streets.
Airtag under the car
For about half an hour, her cell phone kept sending the same warning, which is why the driver began to search her handbag, clothes and the car. When she couldn’t find anything, she assumed that it had to be a false alarm, after all, she had already received such warnings in the past in heavily populated places. Her iPhone remained stubborn and kept showing that a GPS tracker was moving with her.
Because she couldn’t shake an uncomfortable feeling, the Twitter user decided not to go home that night. This turned out to be the right decision. Because when a friend later examined the car, he found an air tag that had been stuck to the underside of the car. “I think someone wanted to steal my car,” the woman told mashable.com.
Increased thefts
The Twitter user is not alone in her experience. According to heise.de, a special unit for car theft in Detroit, USA, confirms that theft is increasing in connection with Apple’s GPS trackers. For example, a man discovered an air tag in a cap under the trunk of his car.
Attaching such a tracker could help criminals determine when the best time to steal a car is. This is also confirmed by the authorities in Texas. For example, an Airtag was found there in a stolen vehicle that was resold after the theft.
Apple has meanwhile commented on the cases mentioned. The company has issued a statement that it is putting customer safety first. “Airtags have a number of features that protect against unintentional tracking and give early warning.” The Find-My function of iPhones warns you if unknown airtags are recognized again and again over a certain period of time. In addition, an air tag plays a sound if it has been separated from the owner of the tracker for a long time.
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