Apple AirTags stalking led to ruin and murders, lawsuit says — Dozens join lawsuit alleging Apple AirTags are stalkers’ “weapon of choice.”::Dozens join lawsuit alleging Apple AirTags are stalkers’ “weapon of choice.”

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    So because they’re cheap and work well it’s apples fault (or samsung or trakr) that people are illegally using them? This type of equipment has existed for decades. Why is it suddenly a companies fault for the illegal activities a minority of users are doing with them? I really hope all these types of cases get tossed.

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      They’ve existed for a decade, but the tracking networks have been small, so the trackers were pretty unreliable. AirTags are accurate AF because iOS users update aggressively and Apple rolled the tracking software into the OS updates.

      All in all, people only care because these things actually work well now.

      No one is suing Tile because they suck ass if they’re not close to your phone.

      • fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        Idk how you got from a tool that helps track your belongings to a tool who’s sole purpose is injuring and killing. Pretty far away from each other

        • JoBo@feddit.uk
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          1 year ago

          They were replying to someone. If you read what that someone wrote, you’ll have all the context you need.