Apple is under fire from two women who claim their ex-boyfriends tracked their whereabouts via AirTags, perhaps putting their safety in jeopardy. According to CNN, they have launched a lawsuit against the internet giant but haven’t said how much they want to recover. Additionally, the ladies were not named in the report; the only connection between their occurrences is the usage of the Apple equipment and the unwelcome tracking. However, on Monday they filed a class action lawsuit in San Francisco, combining their complaints. According to reports, one of the women represented is from Texas and the other lives in New York.
According to one of the plaintiffs, her ex-boyfriend allegedly put an AirTag into her car’s tire region. According to CNN, the gadget was zipped up in a plastic baggie and purportedly colored with a Sharpie marker. The other lady claims her ex-husband put an AirTag in her child’s bag after already bothering her and asking about her movements, going by the name Jane Doe. Doe attempted to disable the device, the lawsuit claims, but the ex-husband reportedly replaced it with another. It’s not apparent if they are both the parents of the concerned youngster.
An iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad and an Apple ID are all that are required to associate with an AirTag in order to activate it. Multiple AirTags that are linked to a single user’s Find My app and its network allow for easier management of Apple goods. Apple issued a statement in February denouncing “any malicious use” of their goods, which included unintentional tracking via AirTag. At the time of the announcement, the AirTag’s security was already under attack. Apple revealed their collaboration with law enforcement and improvements for the device in response to the mounting concerns. The accounts of AirTag owners may be made available to law authorities upon receipt of a subpoena or other “valid request” for the purpose of locating criminals. Apple did not provide any details, but claimed that they were effective in assisting law enforcement in the arrest and prosecution of a small number of AirTag miscreants.
In order to increase public awareness of undesired AirTags, they also released upgrades. Precision finding and phone alerts that eventually cause any unidentified AirTag to play a sound if found are some of the ones that are currently in use. The plaintiffs contend that the improved safeguards are still insufficient to safeguard victims. The ladies claim that everyone who has been stalked or who uses Apple’s “dangerous” product and is at risk of being stalked is the target of the case. – Steve Sijenyi
