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AirTags #831

Open nelsonic opened 3 years ago

nelsonic commented 3 years ago

Last week Apple announced/launched their much anticipated/hyped AirTags: https://www.apple.com/airtag Guide: https://www.macrumors.com/guide/airtags Good teardown by iFixit: https://www.ifixit.com/News/50145/airtag-teardown-part-one-yeah-this-tracks

I'm thinking of getting a pack of 4 to attach to items that are occasionally misplaced. 💭

But ... https://gizmodo.com/the-best-thing-about-apples-airtags-is-also-the-scaries-1846786338

nelsonic commented 3 years ago

I Mailed an AirTag and Tracked Its Progress; Here’s What Happened: https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/i-mailed-an-airtag-and-tracked-its-progress-heres-what-happened/ image https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27121461

nelsonic commented 3 years ago

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/apple-airtag-bug-enables-good-samaritan-attack/ via: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28690929

Gist: there's a way to send people to a phishing site when the tag is in "lost mode". So be weary of someone else's lost AirTag. 💭