{"id":527896,"date":"2022-12-15T19:01:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-you-need-to-know-7\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T19:01:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:01:27","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-you-need-to-know-7\/","title":{"rendered":"#What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41c7dce3fa4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41c7dce3fa4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-you-need-to-know-7\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_you_need_to_know%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What you need to know&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_you_need_to_know%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What you need to know&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Strange chirping sounds and alerts on iPhones have put some Americans on high alert over the last year and a half as they try to figure out why an unknown device is tracking their every move. It\u2019s one of the latest\u00a0crime trends\u00a0that tech-savvy criminals are using to carry out car thefts and stalkings, which has pushed police departments across the nation to warn residents to watch out for the new tactic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a traditional stalking case, typically you have people who are making contact or unwanted contact with a victim, repeatedly,\u201d Dearborn, Michigan, police Sgt. James Isaacs told Fox 2 earlier this year. \u201cThey\u2019re following them where they work, where they go to school, where they are going to eat. Using the AirTag is just another way for them to do that in a more surreptitious way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dearborn is among the slew of police departments that have warned the public since last year to be on high alert for criminals using <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le AirTags to steal or illegally follow people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apple released AirTags in April of 2021 as the latest way to find lost personal items such as keys or handbags, and billed with the instructions \u201cPing It. Find It.\u201d AirTag owners can clip the small disc-shaped device to something they often misplace, and simply ask Siri to track the AirTag, which has a built-in speaker that chirps when engaged, or use an iPhone to track its exact location.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-feat-image.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"AirTag.\" class=\"wp-image-25021174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Criminals are using Apple AirTags to commit thefts and stalk people.\u00a0<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But criminals have turned to the device to carry out plots to stalk their exes or even steal cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last December, a handful of Nashville women sounded the alarm that they were being followed by suspected criminals based on unknown devices being placed in cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was helping a friend move out of her apartment and my car trunk was open and it was unlocked, and I was going in and out with boxes and loads of her things,\u201d Ellie Tindall told <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> 2 last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said that\u2019s when she believes suspected criminals placed an AirTag in her car. She was alerted to the issue after she got home from helping move her friend and saw an alert on her phone about \u201can unknown accessory was following\u201d her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"514\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-03.jpg?w=514\" alt=\"Airtag tracking.\" class=\"wp-image-25021204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1028 1028w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=771 771w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=514 514w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=257 257w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\"\/><figcaption>Several people have sounded the alarm that they were being followed using devices being placed in their cars.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\/Susan O&#8217;Neill<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI went outside to check it out because I saw this on TikTok that this is a thing criminals are doing for robbery or sex trafficking. When I went outside to go look for the tag there was two men in hoodies standing by my car waiting, and the second they saw me open the door with three men they turned around and sprinted down the street,\u201d Tindall said.<\/p>\n<p>Another man in Nashville said he kept hearing a chirping sound coming from inside his car in February. His BMW was then stolen, WSMV reported at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019s car was ultimately recovered and its owner, Eric Johnson, was determined to figure out if an AirTag was in the car and potentially behind why the vehicle was stolen. Johnson made the risky move to take a car door apart in search of the tiny device \u2013 he then found it inside the door on a small ledge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a pretty good feeling to find it and get it out of the car,\u201d Johnson said at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"603\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-02.jpg?w=603\" alt=\"Airtag tracking.\" class=\"wp-image-25021185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1206 1206w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=904 904w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=603 603w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=301 301w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\"\/><figcaption>Police departments across the nation are warning residents to watch out for AirTag tracking.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Susan O&#8217;Neill<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is unclear if the AirTag was used to steal the car, but similar stories have played out in other areas of the country, and even abroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One man in Michigan had just purchased a Dodge muscle car last December when he took it out for a spin to run errands at a shopping center and hang out at a friend\u2019s house.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I got out I had a notification on my phone, and it said I was as being tracked by an unknown AirTag,\u201d John Nelson told Fox 2 last year.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson said he was able to connect his phone with the AirTag and have it emit a sound. That\u2019s when he found that someone unscrewed a drain cap under his 392 Scat Pack 2018 Charger\u2019s trunk and placed an AirTag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIf they want it bad enough, they\u2019re going to take it,\u201d Nelson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The crime trend has even spread to Canada, where Toronto authorities warned residents earlier this year of the trend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese little things are being used to mark a vehicle. What thieves are doing is that they\u2019re walking around, \u2018shopping\u2019 outside in parking lots, and when they find a car that they like, they stick these to the car or place them on the car somehow,\u201d Toronto constable Marco Ricciardi told City News this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For others, especially women, the use of AirTags by criminals has been terrifying.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Cincinnati police officer was sentenced to probation this fall after he pleaded guilty to stalking a woman. Court documents state Darryl Tyus placed an AirTag on the woman\u2019s car and he was able to follow her for weeks without her knowledge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, an Iowa man was arrested and charged after allegedly placing an AirTag on a woman\u2019s car and following her. The victim in the case reportedly was alerted to the AirTag by a phone notification and found the device in a spare tire. The victim then drove the device to a\u00a0police station\u00a0in West Des Moines, according to WHO Des Moines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, 63-year-old Carl Steven Shawver, then tracked the device to the station and told officers that he placed the device on the car of a woman he claimed was his wife because he believed she was having an affair. At least three AirTags were found on personal belongings of the victim, the local news outlet reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-01.jpg?w=610\" alt=\"Brooks Nader on Airtag satlking.\" class=\"wp-image-25021208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1220 1220w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=915 915w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=610 610w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=305 305w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/apple-airtag-weapon-choice-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\"\/><figcaption>Swimsuit model Brooks Nader came forward about being stalked with an AirTag last year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@brooksnader<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Court documents state that Shawver and the victim never had a relationship and the victim had blocked Shawver from contacting her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Swimsuit model Brooks Nader said earlier this year that she was tracked by a stranger who slipped an AirTag into her jacket when she was in New York City. And another woman in the Philadelphia area said an outing to the movie theater turned terrifying when she got home and was alerted on phone that an \u201cUnknown Accessory\u201d had been \u201cMoving With You For A While,\u201d the Philly Voice reported in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStalking and stalkerware existed before AirTags, but Apple made it cheaper and easier than ever for abusers and attackers to track their targets,\u201d Albert Fox Cahn, executive director at the Surveillance <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> Oversight Project, told Motherboard earlier this year. \u201cApple\u2019s global device network gives AirTags unique power to stalk around the world. And Apple\u2019s massive marketing campaign has helped highlight this\u00a0type of technology\u00a0to stalkers and abusers who\u2019d never otherwise know about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2022\/02\/an-update-on-airtag-and-unwanted-tracking\/\">Apple directed<\/a>\u00a0Fox News Digital to an update post on its website in February about additional safeguards the company has taken in light of \u201creports of bad actors attempting to misuse AirTag for malicious or criminal purposes\u201d and becoming aware \u201cthat individuals can receive unwanted tracking alerts for benign reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to working with \u201cvarious safety groups,\u201d Apple is also working with law enforcement departments on crime issues surrounding the devices. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery AirTag has a unique serial number, and paired AirTags are associated\u00a0with an Apple ID. Apple can provide the paired account details in response to\u00a0a subpoena or valid request from law enforcement. We have successfully partnered with them on cases where information we provided has been used to trace an AirTag back to the perpetrator, who was then apprehended and\u00a0charged,\u201d Apple says on its website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two women filed a class action suit against Apple earlier this month, claiming AirTags made it easier for them to be stalked and harassed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat separates the AirTag from any competitor product is its unparalleled accuracy, ease of use (it fits seamlessly into\u00a0Apple\u2019s existing\u00a0suite of products), and affordability,\u201d the lawsuit says. \u201cWith a price point of just $29, it has become the weapon of choice of stalkers and abusers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the plaintiffs in the case said she discovered AirTags on personal belongings months after divorcing her husband. The other plaintiff, identified as Lauren Hughes, said that after breaking up with a man, he began stalking her. After blocking him and living in a hotel to stay safe and anonymous, she was alerted that an AirTag was in her vicinity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, there is a gross imbalance between the protections available to iOS\/Apple users, versus those available to individuals with Android devices \u2013 rendering Android users nearly defenseless to tracking\/stalking using an AirTag,\u201d the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n<p>Apple told Fox News Digital it does not comment on ongoing litigation when asked about the suit.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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