• Look who’s stalking: Protect yourself from Apple AirTags

    Posted on January 10, 2022 at 02:44 CST by • Comment in the Forums

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    By Brian Livingston

    Ever since Apple started selling $29 tracking devices called AirTags last April, criminal types have used them to tail people, pinpoint and heist their cars, and worse — but warnings of planted devices were made available only to iPhone owners. Now, people who have more common phones can find out whether they’re being tracked, too.

    The AirTag is a small, plastic-encased device that’s approximately the size of three or four dollar coins stacked on top of each other. It competes with such trackers as the Bluetooth-based Tile Pro and the GPS-based Verizon Humx. But most Bluetooth devices connect only to phones within 50 meters or so, and GPS trackers require you to pay monthly fees.

    Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 19.02.0 (2022-01-10).

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