Article 5YZ3T AirTags are sending a new kind of false alarm, report says

AirTags are sending a new kind of false alarm, report says

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Apple's AirTags have been sending out phantom" alerts that are confusing iPhone users, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. The AirTags, which launched last year, feature anti-stalking measures that are designed to alert users when an unknown AirTag has been detected on their person over an extended period of time. The idea is to discourage AirTags from being used to track people without their consent.

The WSJ reports that these false alerts generally occur in the middle of the night and have started popping up in recent weeks. When a person receives an unknown AirTag alert, they're supposed to see an accompanying map that shows where and how long the AirTag was detected on their person. These false alarms, however, are...

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