Apple launched the AirTag back in March. It’s a small circular disk that you can put into bags or attach to objects to keep track of your stuff using Apple’s extensive Find My network. I put an AirTag into a piece of checked luggage and was able to see that it got loaded on the plane of a connecting flight before we took off.

Apple isn’t the first company to make a Bluetooth tracker and it’s certainly not the first deal to with the issues around privacy and unwanted tracking. But its Find My network has over 1 billion active iPhone and Find My devices on it making the scale of Apple’s Bluetooth tracking unlike that of any other company.

Currently Apple offers a number of ways to prevent unwanted tracking and has promised to improve the AirTag’s anti-tracking measures.

In Canada, carjackers used the trackers to attach to a luxury car, track it and then steal the vehicle while the owner was away. Clearly, this would be nearly impossible for any driver to detect. Having an iPhone could help but what if your phone runs on Android? Well, this week, Apple launched a Find My detector app for Android to help non-Apple customers improve unwanted tracking detection.

Apple launches AirTags and Find My detector app for Android, in effort to boost privacy

Apple AirTags become useful tool for Canadian carjackers

John R Carter, Sr.