Tech rivals Apple and Google have pledged to stop unwanted tracking via devices such as AirTags.
, which enables a Precision Finding feature to “locate an unknown AirTag” if it detects one moving with you.A uniform approach between all the big players is “vitally important” when tracking devices are so easy to abuse, says Jake Moore, global cybersecurity advisor at ESET. “This next phase will make AirTags safer for everyone and to be used in confidence.”
Moore says Apple “took far too long to respond to the initial reports of AirTags being abused for illicit purposes” and points out that for safer use of the devices, the iPhone maker required help from Google—so AirTags could be detected by Android phones and tablets. Bluetooth trackers have created “tremendous user benefits”, but they also bring the potential of unwanted tracking, which requires industrywide action to solve, Dave Burke, Google’s vice president of Engineering for Android, said in aApple and Google have garnered support from various safety and advocacy groups which the pair say will be integrated into the development of the specification.
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