An alternative to Apple's AirTag more privacy-friendly? (and open source?) (lemmy.cat)

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[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

I think the concept is inherently not very privacy friendly.

I mean think about it, basically your AirTag sends some sort of identifier to all nearby devices and also sends along some sort of information how to contact you, the owner, either one the device can see directly or it has to send all of them to a central location and that location needs to know both the location of your tag and your identity to forward that information to you.

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

It would be best if you could use AirTags without having to use any other Apple device.

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