Apple and Google on Tuesday proposed creating alerts amid reports of stalking via Apple’s AirTag and similar tools, according to a release issued Tuesday. The new proposed industry standard will allow the Big Tech companies to “allow Bluetooth location-tracking devices to be compatible with unauthorized tracking detection and alerts across iOS and Android platform,” the…

Paul Kliffer of Victoria, B.C., has been back home for months after a November trip to Mexico. But his Apple AirTag tracking device shows his bag ended up in Madrid, Spain. Though he can see where it is, he feels helpless, unable to retrieve it, he told Global News. When he landed back in B.C.,…

Apple has been sued by two women who claim the company’s AirTag devices were used by their ex-partners to stalk them. The class action lawsuit (pdf) was filed in federal court in San Francisco on Monday on behalf of the two women, identified as Lauren Hughes and “Jane Doe,” from Texas and New York, respectively. Plaintiffs…

If you think you are being accompanied by an unknown AirTag—the tracking device made by Apple Inc.—here’s what you can do: iPhone Users If using an iPhone, you should turn on your location services (found in ‘Settings’), Bluetooth and tracking notifications (found in the “Find My” app). After this, if you receive a notification that reads, “AirTag…

A Tennessee family who visited Disney World in Florida claimed that someone used an Apple tracking device to monitor their whereabouts. “I had no idea, no idea what an AirTag was. Like, I was clueless,” said Jennifer Gaston, according to local media. “It stated that it was first detected with her at 7:09 p.m. and…

Apple Inc. has released “Tracker Detect,” an app that allows users of Android, to detect its AirTags. What Happened The application is available on the Play Store app marketplace and helps Android users to detect AirTags, albeit manually, as per an Apple Support document. “If you think someone is using an AirTag or another item…