Apple last month officially introduced airtag, Bluetooth-enabled tracker designed to help users find items such as bags, wallets, backpacks, and luggage when they disappear. One of the airtag cooler features, as an Apple record, is that it can take advantage of “The Vast, Global Find Network My Network and can help find missing items, all while storing personal and anonymous location data with end-to-end encryption.”
Like tracking devices, Apple Airtag naturally introduces a number of privacy issues. For example, imagine a scenario where a girlfriend who lies or boyfriend secretly attached airtag to items that belong to them old. Suffice it to say, the opportunity for stalkers to utilize products such as airtag is very real, but Apple has worked hard to overcome many of these security considerations.
Take the link scenario above, for example. In the scenario where someone is traced without their knowledge, the Apple security frame can detect when airtag seems to move along with someone who does not register the device.
Apple support documents about this problem saying:
To prevent tracking without your knowledge, find me will tell you if an unknown airtag is seen moving with you over time. The airtag that is not with the person who registered it for a long time will also play a voice when moved so you can find it, even if you don’t use iOS devices.
After tapping the notification above, the user is then served with a relay screen when the airtag is first detected with them along with the option to deactivate the airtag and prevent it from sharing your location data.