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☆ Eric Adams is handing out hundreds of free Apple AirTags in a bid to cut the number of auto thefts in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday the city will hand out 500 free Apple AirTags to New York residents. New York will hand out hundreds of free Apple Air Tags in a bid to cut the number of auto thefts in New York, mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday. "The aggravated number of grand larceny autos continues to drive up crime in our city," Adams said at a press conference. "This simple device, this simple AirTag, hidden in a car location that a person is not aware of, is an excellent tracking device." In June last year, an Indiana woman tracked her boyfriend whom she suspected was cheating on her, using the tracking device, and then killed him.

☆ A pregnant former 'Love Island' contestant said she found an Apple AirTag in her bag and feared it was an attempt to stalk her
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A former "Love Island" contestant said she found an AirTag that didn't belong to her in her bag. Brown, who appeared in the third UK season of "Love Island," eventually found the AirTag at the bottom of her bag and flushed it down the toilet. Brown didn't report the incident to police, explaining she was unaware if a law had been broken, while realizing flushing the AirTag down the toilet meant she didn't have any evidence. Apple AirTags are designed to help people keep track of their possessions such as keys or luggage, but have sometimes been misused. Apple was hit with two lawsuits in December from other women who said AirTags had been used to follow them.

At Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), a set of tire chains and a taxidermy rat landed in lost-and-found. The aptly named Lost and Found Software serves many U.S. and international airports as well as public transportation systems. Despite their differences, each provider promises to help customer service workers not only connect more lost items with their owners but to speed up returns as well. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Southwest Airlines, JetBlue, Delta Air Lines and others use NetTracer, which has been operating since 2004. Boomerang recently landed two airport customers: Savannah/Hilton Head (SAV) and New York’s Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR).

☆ The biggest security pros and cons of using Bluetooth GPS trackers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Kaitlin Balasaygun | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Bluetooth tagging devices are catching on, and keeping an eye out on the world in ways never before possible. For pet owners, these GPS devices can be used as a cheaper alternative to microchipping your dog. Here are some basics to know about Bluetooth tags if you're using one already, or considering adding one to your tech-enabled life. "The problem with Bluetooth trackers … is there's no way to prevent a victim from being stalked by one of these devices because they don't control it. Two women recently filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple alleging lack of protections the AirTag has against stalking.

A chaotic travel experience for a United Airlines passenger ended this week after she used an Apple AirTag to help track down her lost luggage. “I’d just like everyone to know that @united has lost track of my bag and is lying about it," she tweeted Sunday. Out back by the dumpsters, I have found other emptied United Airlines bags." The delivery service, Couriers United LLC, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. AirTags were used in tracking lost luggage before, when a woman used hers to track her luggage near an airline subcontractor’s home.

☆ Southwest's lost luggage chaos is a boon for Apple, as AirTags surge to the top of Amazon's bestseller list
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple AirTags are currently the #3 best-selling electronic on Amazon, up nine spots from two weeks ago. Google searches of "Apple air tags for luggage" have grown by more than 5,000% over the past year. Web searches of "Apple air tags for luggage" and similar related terms have grown by more than 5000% over the past year, according to Google Trends. Apple AirTags are currently listed as the third most popular electronic on Amazon, a nine-spot jump from two weeks ago. Some passengers who were anxious about lost bags have used AirTags to track down their belongings when the airline can't.

☆ A TikToker who 'consensually' doxxes people says it's easier than you'd think
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Today, I am introducing you to a viral phenomenon that certainly wasn't on my 2022 bingo card: "consensual doxxing." Meet a TikToker who's gone viral for her "consensual doxxing" content. But one TikToker has garnered hundreds of thousands of followers who want her to expose their secrets. Kristen uses her platform to "consensually dox" users and reveal their birthdays using just social media — and has become a data-privacy educator by proxy. Users are often shocked by how easy it is for her to find out their information, Kristen said.

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has been sued by two women who said its AirTag devices have made it easier for their former partners and other stalkers to track down victims. The plaintiffs called AirTag "the weapon of choice of stalkers and abusers," and said it has been linked to murders this year of women from Akron, Ohio and Indianapolis. One plaintiff in Monday's lawsuit, Lauren Hughes, said her former boyfriend learned where she had moved to avoid him after placing an AirTag in her car's wheel well. The other plaintiff, Jane Doe, said her estranged husband tracked her after putting an AirTag in their child's backpack. The case is Hughes et al v. Apple Inc, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No.

☆ 2 women are suing Apple alleging that former partners hid AirTags in a car and a child's backpack and used the devices to stalk them
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Two women are suing Apple over its AirTag device, saying former partners used the trackers to stalk them. In the class-action suit, filed in San Francisco, one plaintiff says an AirTag was hidden in her car. In response, Apple has introduced updates since its 2021 release – when AirTags were reported by one outlet as being "stalker-proof." She could only get the device to beep once, before finding it hidden in the wheel well of her car. She then found an AirTag in the child's backpack and got rid of it – before it was replaced with another.

☆ Apple sued by two women alleging their exes used AirTags to stalk them
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Apple has been sued by two women who allege their previous romantic partners used the company’s AirTag devices to track their whereabouts, potentially putting their safety at risk. But soon after its launch, some experts warned that the devices could be used to track individuals without their consent. This isn’t the first time AirTags have allegedly been used for unwanted tracking. In June, a woman from Indiana allegedly used one to track and ultimately murder her boyfriend over an alleged affair, according to reports. Earlier this year, Apple added more safeguards to the AirTag to cut down on unwanted tracking.

☆ Big Tech workers who've been laid off finally get a vacation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

For some laid-off tech workers, that thought isn't confined to just daydreams — some employees told us that since they've been laid off, they've taken the opportunity to finally go on vacation. In Big Tech, getting laid off can mean taking a fancy vacation. While the typical US worker receives little to no severance pay when they get laid off, firms like Facebook, Snap, and Twitter have been relatively generous. Some laid-off tech workers have racked up few years of sky-high pay, frequent bonuses, generous stock awards, and now, decent severance — so some are thinking, "why not travel?" See where other "freed" tech workers are headed.

☆ How to make sure your luggage doesn't get lost when flying, according to an airline executive
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Anne Wen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He says the best way to avoid lost baggage is to arrive early and not pack bulky items like coats. Seriously, an airline doesn't want to lose your baggage, and even though you may be more inconvenienced than the airline, it's too costly for us to deal with lost baggage. Here's my best advice for handling a lost bag and making sure you never have to worry about lost baggage again when flying. Then the airline doesn't scan it in time for TSA or the baggage handler to take the luggage to the airplane, and it gets lost. If it's not in baggage claim, the ticket counter is the second best area to go.

☆ An AirTag led police to a dumpster filled with more than 100 stolen Democratic campaign signs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An AirTag led police to a dumpster filled with more than 100 stolen campaign signs in Philadelphia. The Tredyffrin Township Police Department received numerous reports of stolen political signs. In a press release, the police department said it received numerous reports of stolen political signs from community members between Oct. 10 to Oct. 13. Police said a person whose signs were stolen told them that one of their signs had an AirTag attached to it which led officers to a commercial dumpster behind the Valley Fair Shopping Center where they discovered more than 100 signs. The Apple AirTag has been used to track campaign signs before: In April, a candidate in Florida used an AirTag to track a stolen campaign sign located in a Jeep parked outside the home of his political rival.

☆ An Uneasy Use for Apple’s AirTags: Tracking a Loved One With Dementia
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Julie Jargon | Photographs Caroline Yang For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Michelle Hirschboeck was looking for a way to keep track of her husband, Paul, who has dementia. Caregivers have turned to Apple tiny, $29 tracking devices after finding other methods of monitoring people with dementia aren’t a fit, or are too expensive. Many tracking apps require people to have their phones with them. People with dementia might forget them when they leave the house, say caregivers. They do tend to remember keys and wallets, however, to which the AirTags were designed to attach.

☆ Lufthansa says passengers can put activated AirTags in their checked luggage just days after banning them
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lufthansa says activated AirTags are now allowed in checked luggage just days after banning them. "The German Aviation Authorities (Luftfahrtbundesamt) confirmed today, that they share our risk assessment, that tracking devices with very low battery and transmission power in checked luggage do not pose a safety risk. On Saturday, the airline sent a tweet saying it was banning activated AirTags in checked luggage. This meant they would need to have their batteries removed before going into checked luggage, rendering the tags useless for tracking luggage. Some passengers started using AirTags during the summer of travel chaos where thousands of bags went missing or were lost entirely.

☆ A passenger only found out his lost luggage was in Amsterdam when a stranger messaged him on Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He'd changed from a Turkish Airlines to a United Airlines flight in Schiphol. He ended his journey with an economy-class United Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Newark Liberty Airport, New Jersey, which arrived on August 28. Saith said that he then contacted United Airlines "immediately" by phone and using its online chat function. He said he also contacted Turkish Airlines by both email and Twitter direct message. The chaos has led to mounds of lost luggage swamping airports.

Apple AirTag and Tile trackers are both compact Bluetooth trackers that help you find lost items. In addition to Bluetooth, AirTag also uses Ultra Wideband technology to enable an Apple-exclusive feature called "Precision Finding." AirTag and Tile trackers also have features designed to locate items when they're outside of Bluetooth range. AirTags integrate directly with Apple's anonymous Find My network, which uses other people's Apple devices to help locate your item. Meanwhile, Tile trackers are designed to be stuck on to objects with an adhesive.

Persons: Apple's, AirTag, Slim, Belkin, It's Organizations: Apple, Service, Bluetooth Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Noutăți de la Apple. Compania anunță o nouă linie de iPad-uri și de iMac-uri care urmează să fie lansate pe 30 aprilie
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-21 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Compania anunță o nouă linie de iPad-uri și de iMac-uri care urmează să fie lansate pe 30 aprilieApple Inc. a lansat o linie de computere iMac și iPad subțiri, cu o calitate video mai bună, care utilizează propriile procesoare, accelerând astfel migrarea de la Intel și adresându-se, în special, angajaților care lucrează de la distanță. De asemenea, compania a lansat produsul AirTags, un breloc pentru chei, mereu conectat la telefon, folosit pentru găsirea obiectelor pierdute. Televizoarele Apple au fost și ele actualizate cu procesoare mai rapide și un afișaj mai spectaculos, iar noul Apple TV 4K comunică și poate fi controlat de pe un iPhone. Apple a prezentat și un nou iPad Pro care utilizează același cip M1 ca și computerele sale. Acesta are posibilități suplimentare pentru conectarea monitoarelor și conectivitate 5G, fiind un dispozitiv orientat în special către creatorii de conținut.

Persons: AirTags, Reuters Organizations: Apple, Apple Inc, Intel, 4K

☆ У iPhone появится сканер отпечатка пальца
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Bloomberg предполагает, что складной iPhone появится не ранее, чем через несколько лет, а может и вовсе не выйти, поскольку компания может в конечном итоге сосредоточиться на обновлении своих флагманских iPhone и iPad, которые должны выйти в 2021 году. Ранее компания использовала номенклатуру «S» для незначительных обновлений. Несмотря на это, Apple тестирует встроенный под экран сканер отпечатка пальца Touch ID, который может стать существенным изменением для существующей биометрической системы флагманских устройств. Купертиновцы использовали разблокировку по лицу с помощью сенсора Face ID, начиная с выхода iPhone X.Датчик отпечатков пальцев будет доступен в качестве дополнения к Face ID. Такой вариант, похоже, всё еще актуален для модельного ряда смартфонов 2021 года.

Persons: Марк Гурман Organizations: Apple, Bloomberg

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