Apple publishes a guide to the safe use of AirTag

Last year, a completely new tool appeared: AirTagApple’s small tracker. If you attach one to your valuables and lose it, you can keep track of it thanks to AirTag (and you Iphone) Easily. Very easy to use, but the product is also misused. That’s why Apple released a guide last night that explains how to handle their products safely, including a section on AirTag.

Thanks to this guide, you can safely handle Apple AirTag

Last night, Apple released a new “Personal Safety User Guide”. In this guide, Apple explains exactly how to safely handle its products (including AirTag) and the built-in security features. And that’s a good thing: there are disturbing stories of AirTag abuse. Tracking other people’s locations without their consent is the main issue here.

The guide highlights different strategies to ensure your personal safety. Think about the following: Control who gives you permission to track your location, automatically tell a friend when you get home, or learn how to send quick emergency notifications. And this is not all, because Apple will regularly update the guide with tips.

So the purpose of this section is to reassure readers that you can take additional steps to protect yourself from tracking abuse from strangers. Unfortunately, the manual is not available (yet) in Dutch. If you speak a bit English, it’s worth a look Apple Security Guide Takes. Even if you don’t have an AirTag at your disposal.

AirTag issues

Apple has been under fire for a while because of AirTag. Not only have there been frightening reports about unwanted tracking of people, but research shows it AirTag can also be hacked. Fortunately, there is a way to prevent the latter and you can take as many safety measures as possible, although that doesn’t mean AirTag doesn’t cause too many problems.

In fact, several abuse stories have surfaced that Apple released an app last December that also allows Android users to search for AirTags. So tell your friends without iPhone too!

source: Mac rumors