I am surprised that no one (as far as I can discover) has sued Apple

[Ferrets are Cool]

for being stalked using Airtags.
IMO, they are dangerous and should be removed from the market.

[drray23]

1. I am not sure I see the problem.

Those are tags that people buy and CHOSE to use. Apple does not force you to buy them if you are concerned about it. People who use them do so with full knowledge of what they do.

[Tetrachloride]

2. I doubt "full knowledge "

Ignorance
Ignorance of a gift
Ordinary forgetting
Age and health related forgetting

[drray23]

3. well maybe not the technical in and outs on how they work

but people buy them for that very purpose, to track things so they surely know those are trackers.

[genxlib]

4. If I understand the OP

He is referring to a stalker buying them and using them to stalk an unknowing innocent person.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/airtags-are-being-linked-to-stalking-and-its-a-problem-apple-cant-solve-alone/

All you have to do is slip one into a person's pocket and you can follow them without their knowledge.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Thank you

[Tetrachloride]

7. Ah yes, direct stalking.

ty

[unblock]

8. There are some protections

They beep under certain circumstances.

If you're have an iPhone and an unpaired AirTag near you, it's supposed to alert you.

Also, to track an AirTag you need a unique Apple ID, so a stalker may not have the anonymity they might hope for. Apple can and does supply identifying information to law enforcement in such cases.

All this doesn't completely prevent staling with AirTags, but it's more complicated than you might think

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. If you are an Android user like I am

it is difficult to track them if they are being used against you.

[unblock]

10. yes i have noticed that apple's anti-tracking efforts seem to be

at least half marketing effort to get even more people to buy into the "apple ecosystem".