Privacy Concerns (brief summary below)
While it is possible to use other products similar to AirTag to track people, they cannot benefit from the unmatched global coverage of the FindMy network. This makes the AirTag a more appealing device to people with malicious intent and so privacy features are important.
Let’s look at how reality compares to the claims Apple makes about the AirTag privacy features when the known security issues are considered.
- Sound alerts are infrequent and unlikely
- Speaker can be disabled
- Location can be tracked for the whole day
- Location can be spoofed
- “AirTag Found Moving With You” alert can be avoided
- Location history could be decrypted
