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		Mandatum on April 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Introduces AirTag It looks like everyone ships AirTag location data to Apple, I wonder what the privacy implications are for this.. AirTags on a stolen vehicle AirTags on a VIP Apple's data about AirTag logs - when was Apple device X next to AirTag Y.. I also wonder what happens if you have a device that repeatedly calls the AirTag to drain the battery..

snailmailman on April 21, 2021 [–]

Find my iPhone data is end to end encrypted. If your device sees a lost phone nearby, it doesn’t get to know who’s phone - it just sends the encrypted blob to Apple.

Apple then doesn’t even know the location. The lost-phone-owner decrypts it.

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