As much as you may love your AirTags, they can also be used for evil. Per WCAX, NBC5, and 9to5Mac, police officers in Burlington, Vermont have issued a warning about AirTags for drivers who recently visited Canada. In this case, two Burlington, Vermint residents discovered AirTags tracking devices that had been placed in their vehicles […]
This is one of the upsides of AirTags. A Florida Arline worker was arrested after an Apple AirTag help authorities locate a traveler’s missing luggage. According to Insider, Giovanni De Luca, an airline subcontractor at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, has charged with two counts of grand theft, according to a statement by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s […]
This could be construed as concerning. According to PCMag, a number of Apple AirTag tracking devices with deactivated speakers have been spotted for sale on eBay and Etsy, raising privacy concerns about the risks of removing one of the AirTag’s safeguards. The modified AirTags, dubbed “Silent AirTags,” have had their internal speaker removed so that […]
Apple Store retail location robberies, where thieves grab display devices from the tables and run, have become a cost of doing business for the company. A recently published patent describes how Apple could fight back. First, Apple uses special software images which render them useless the moment they leave the store location: A source tells […]
If you’re across the pond or down under, this is going to come in handy. Amongst the new products introduced at Apple’s “California Streaming” event on Tuesday were changes to the company’s AppleCare+ policy which has added Theft and Loss coverage to the United Kingdom and Australia. The UK and Australia join some states in […]