Apple Sued Over AirTags Being Used By Alleged Stalkers - Gizmodo

A pair of women have filed a class action lawsuit against Apple after they claim their exes used the company’s quarter-sized AirTag trackers to stalk them.

The lawsuit, viewed by Gizmodo, claims Apple’s alleged missteps around privacy considerations with AirTags amounts to negligence and violates California’s constitutional right to privacy.

However, the same features that make AirTags so useful also make them particularly attractive for stalkers, an issue privacy advocates and researchers warned about prior to the devices’ launch.

AirTags, the complaint contends, have “revolutionized the scope, breadth, and ease of location based stalking.” And while other competing tracking devices exist, the complaint claims AirTags are unique due to their ”unparalleled” accuracy, ease of use, and affordability.

Last summer, for instance, Apple rolled out an update that would make AirTags beep at a random time if it’s not near the owner’s phone for somewhere between 8 and 24 hours.