AirTag, the tracking device that Apple introduced in 2021 to find lost items, made a big impact. While some users thought that using AirTag would be useful to find their small items, some users started to use AirTag for purposes other than its intended purpose.
Now, Apple is on the agenda again because of harassers who use AirTag for malicious purposes. Last year, two women in the USA sued Apple over AirTag. Allegedly, the two women who filed the lawsuit were being followed by their ex-husbands and the harassment did not stop. Now 37 more people have joined this case.
In the previously filed lawsuit, the women claimed that they were being followed by their ex-husbands.
The two plaintiff women said they found AirTags in their cars, bags and even their children’s school bags. The allegations of these two women being followed by their ex-husbands are chilling. Details of the news are right here.
Now 37 more people have joined this case. One of the plaintiffs says her ex-boyfriend used AirTag to track her. Plaintiff Lauren Hughes found one of the AirTags on the steering wheel of her car, and she claims her ex-boyfriend used the AirTag to find the hotel where the woman was staying and her new home.
“One of the most dangerous and frightening technologies used by perverts is the use of real-time location information to track victims,” the lawsuit says of AirTag. expressions are included. What’s more, if someone’s location is constantly shared with an abuser, those who sue say, they have nowhere to run, and the revelations are chilling.
Not only ex-spouses, but also famous people are complaining about AirTag.
American model named Brooks Nader said that he complained about a fan putting an AirTag in his bag at a bar in New York. Then, the famous model explained the incident on her Instagram account and warned her followers to be more careful.
Apple released an update for AirTags due to the lawsuit filed in 2021. Thanks to this update, if there is an AirTag nearby that does not belong to you, you receive a warning from the phone and the AirTags also emit a warning sound. However, this update does not seem to be very useful.
In the lawsuit, the defendants allege thieves put AirTags on people’s belongings to track them down and even kill them. According to KGET, four people were following a 61-year-old woman living in California and killing her. According to another report, a woman from Indiana stalks and kills her ex-boyfriend because he was cheated on her.
Apple seems to be in trouble again with AirTag due to unauthorized tracking. It is a matter of curiosity what action Apple will take after these accusations.
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