May 15, 2024 By Pieter Arntz
Apple and Google have announced an industry specification for Bluetooth tracking devices which help alert users to unwanted tracking.
The specification, called Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers, will make it possible to alert users across both iOS and Android if a device is unknowingly being used to track them.
The alert would be pushed to the users device and would say “[Item] Found Moving With You.”
In many cases “[Item]” might well actually be an AirTag.
AirTags’ intended use is to let you easily track things like your keys, wallet, purse, backpack, luggage, and more. You can simply set it up with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, attach it somewhere, and the AirTag will show up in your Find My app. However, AirTags have long been associated with this unwanted tracking, which is something Apple apparently did not foresee and has been working on to make this type of abuse harder.
