By marketing AirTags, these small Bluetooth trackers that allow you to locate lost objects, Apple probably did not expect to receive so many criticisms and complaints. The diversions of AirTags are indeed very numerous and their capacity to locate objects, but also people without their knowledge, make the happiness of malicious people.
This is why the Apple brand promises improvements and more security. As the company explains in a statement, “the AirTag was designed to help people know where their belongings are, not to track other people or property. We strongly condemn any malicious use of our products.”
To begin with, Apple will recall some fundamental notions when setting up an AirTag: “following a future software update, during the initial configuration of each AirTag, a message will clearly indicate that the AirTag is intended to trace the goods of the user and of him only, that the use of the AirTag for stalking people without their consent is a crime in many countriesthat the AirTag is designed to be detected by victims, and that law enforcement may require information to identify the owner of the AirTag.”
Apple will also improve visual and audio alerts later this year:when the AirTag automatically emits a sound to alert of its presence and the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch indicates that it is moving, an alert will be displayed on the device so that you can act accordingly. This can be a sound or precision location, if available. This function will be useful if the sound of the AirTag is muffled and therefore difficult to hear or if the speaker has been tampered with.”
Finally, Apple will notify users more quickly if they are tracked: “our tracking alert system uses sophisticated logic to determine how to notify users. We plan to update it to notify users soonerthat an unknown AirTag or accessory from the Find My network is following them.”
