From Forbes: AirTags are useful devices to help you locate your keys and other items. However, there has been some concern over AirTags being used for stalking—after all, it’s pretty easy to slip one into someone’s bag.
This was the subject of an article in The Washington Post, which found by placing one of the small devices in a bag or pocket, a stalker could receive accurate alerts detailing their target’s location.
Apple, of course, doesn’t want the bad press and reputation associated with this use of AirTags, so it offers technology to help detect when an AirTag is travelling with you. The good news is, that feature has just got a whole lot better—if you have the recently launched iOS 16.2, you can now enjoy boosted protection from nefarious users of AirTags. That’s because Apple has released Firmware Update 2.0.24, which enables a Precision Finding feature to “locate an unknown AirTag” if it detects one moving with you.
In addition, Apple has enabled notifications detailing when a rogue AirTag is travelling alongside you, with the AirTag itself programmed to emit a noise so you can find it. This firmware update builds on changes already made earlier this year in the 1.0.301 update.
At the same time, another AirTag firmware update 2.0.36 resolves an issue with the accelerometer not activating in certain scenarios.
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