Alerts in case someone spies on you with AirTag
Technological advances make us evolve and improve our day to day, but they can also have unintended consequences. That is what can happen with the AirTags, small locator devices with which to locate any type of object we attach it to.
It is a cheap and easy-to-use product that can be turned against us as it is a worrying surveillance tool that could be used by an abuser to discreetly track someone.Simply stick an AirTag in a victim's purse or jacket pocket to track exactly where they're going.
How to realize that you are being spied on with an Airtag:
Apple knows about this problem and has explained the ways in which we can realize that we are being victims of harassment. Below we explain it to you in detail:
iOS devices alert if we carry an AirTag with us that is not ours:
iOSdevices can detect an AirTag that is not with its owner and notify the user if an unknown AirTag is moving with them from one place to another over time .
Alerts when carrying an unidentified AirTag. (Image: Elconfidencial.com)
These alerts would be given when the user arrived at specific addresses like her house, with an unknown AirTag.This will trigger an alert on the iPhone The address used is the one you have in your "Me" contact. An alert will also be triggered if there is an unknown AirTag when you arrive at a highly visited location, such as a work address.
These alerts only work if you have an iPhone.
Once we find the AirTag we can find out who owns it by opening the “Search” app, selecting the “Objects” option and then clicking on “Identify the found object” .
Unprotected Android devices from unwanted AirTag tracking:
For Android users, the only protection you'll have from this unwanted tracking is that an AirTag alert will sound after this device is separated from its owner three days, which the APPerlas team sees as exaggerated.
An AirTag separated from its owner for an extended period of time will play a sound, when it moves, to draw attention to it.If a user detects an unknown AirTag, they can touch it with their iPhone or NFC compatible device and the instructions will guide them to disable the unknown AirTag.
What happens if a person unwanted follows a family member who lives with him in the same house?. Since 3 days did not go by without the AirTag coming into contact with its owner, would it never notify the Android user through that alarm? Apple, this needs to be improved.
Without further ado and hoping that Apple improves the alarm system for Android users, see you soon with more and better content to get the most out of your devicesiOS.
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