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Apple’s Updated Personal Safety User Guide Addresses The AirTag Stalking problem
Following a series of headlines in over the last week highlighting how Apple's AirTags have been exploited for tracking, the brand has upgraded its current "Personal Safety User Guide" with new recommendations on what users can do if they come across an unexpected AirTag or notice one make noise. The tutorial explains what the AirTag alerts indicate, as well as what to do if they discover an AirTag or such Find My network device trailing them. It also provides guidance for Android.
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Apple verified to TechCrunch that the AirTag-related material was added to the manual presently.
The manual, on the other hand, isn't completely new. The same document had originally contains data aimed at assisting individuals who were interested in personal safety or best methods they can be followed or monitored using Apple products. It was primarily designed to assist users who may have earlier exchanged data with a friend and now needed to make sure that individual could no longer access their accounts, information, or whereabouts, among many other aspects.
However, in the instance of AirTag, the tracking isn't necessarily caused by a partner's violence. According to an article published by The New York Times, auto robbers used the AirTag technology to monitor and identify high-end automobiles they intended to hijack. Many claimed they received notifications that they've been monitored by an AirTag while leaving an open location, such as their gym. According to the report, some elders were also utilizing the gadgets to monitor their adolescent child without alerting them.
Apple has put the stalker scenario to spotlight because it is the first top technology business in the abandoned tracker area to offer proactive notifications about unfamiliar Bluetooth devices near the area. According to The New York Times, some academics feel Apple's AirTag didn't cause the gadget tracking issue. Rather, it's possible that the AirTag's designed notification system has uncovered an issue that had been universal. Sadly for Apple, considering how extensively the firm has positioned itself as being concerned on customer privacy and safety, this scenario is now a PR disaster.
While some Apple figureheads have given remarks to journalists regarding AirTag tracking situations, the new guide now acts as more of an authoritative source of information on the subject.
#Airtag #Apple
https://www.smarttechvillas.com/apples-updated-personal-safety-user-guide-addresses-the-airtag-stalking-problem/
Following a series of headlines in over the last week highlighting how Apple's AirTags have been exploited for tracking, the brand has upgraded its current "Personal Safety User Guide" with new recommendations on what users can do if they come across an unexpected AirTag or notice one make noise. The tutorial explains what the AirTag alerts indicate, as well as what to do if they discover an AirTag or such Find My network device trailing them. It also provides guidance for Android.
Read: Apple MacBook Pro (2021 Models) Launched, See detailed Specs
Apple verified to TechCrunch that the AirTag-related material was added to the manual presently.
The manual, on the other hand, isn't completely new. The same document had originally contains data aimed at assisting individuals who were interested in personal safety or best methods they can be followed or monitored using Apple products. It was primarily designed to assist users who may have earlier exchanged data with a friend and now needed to make sure that individual could no longer access their accounts, information, or whereabouts, among many other aspects.
However, in the instance of AirTag, the tracking isn't necessarily caused by a partner's violence. According to an article published by The New York Times, auto robbers used the AirTag technology to monitor and identify high-end automobiles they intended to hijack. Many claimed they received notifications that they've been monitored by an AirTag while leaving an open location, such as their gym. According to the report, some elders were also utilizing the gadgets to monitor their adolescent child without alerting them.
Apple has put the stalker scenario to spotlight because it is the first top technology business in the abandoned tracker area to offer proactive notifications about unfamiliar Bluetooth devices near the area. According to The New York Times, some academics feel Apple's AirTag didn't cause the gadget tracking issue. Rather, it's possible that the AirTag's designed notification system has uncovered an issue that had been universal. Sadly for Apple, considering how extensively the firm has positioned itself as being concerned on customer privacy and safety, this scenario is now a PR disaster.
While some Apple figureheads have given remarks to journalists regarding AirTag tracking situations, the new guide now acts as more of an authoritative source of information on the subject.
#Airtag #Apple
https://www.smarttechvillas.com/apples-updated-personal-safety-user-guide-addresses-the-airtag-stalking-problem/