Apple’s AirTags are cool but also have some creepy use cases. Apple is working on making them less creepy as well as an AirTags Android app.
Earlier this year, Apple finally got around to launching its long-awaited smart tracker known as AirTag. As with competitor products from Tile and Samsung, AirTags give you an easy way to track important items, such as car keys, purses, luggage, etc. The big difference between AirTags and other trackers, though, is how they are tracked. AirTags use the power of one billion active iPhones globally. Without user interaction, AirTags ping nearby iPhones and help triangulate an exact location through Apple’s Find My network. Privacy advocates were quick to point out that the small size of AirTags as well as the hyper-accuracy of the Find My network could allow nefarious users to stalk people or commit other privacy-encroaching offenses.
