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Cops and Courts Don’t Know How to Handle Apple’s AirTag Stalking Problem

Dec 14, 2022
35:47

Apple has democratized stalking for the modern world. With the Airtag you can keep track of your luggage and your estranged spouse.


There’s been an uptick in stalking cases with Apple Airtags at the center and the legal system doesn’t quite know what to do. Often, the cops and the prosecutors don’t even know what an Airtag is. So what do you do when there’s technology at the center of your legal battle, technology that the authorities do not understand.


Today on Cyber, Motherboard Senior Editor Samantha Cole comes on to walk us through it.


Stories discussed in this episode:


The Legal System Is Completely Unprepared for Apple AirTag Stalking


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Republicans Are Panicking Because They Somehow Just Found Out You Can Buy Vibrators at CVS


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