{"id":1765357,"date":"2022-12-06T18:47:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T23:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765357"},"modified":"2022-12-06T18:48:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T23:48:04","slug":"apple-sued-over-airtags-allegedly-being-used-by-stalkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-sued-over-airtags-allegedly-being-used-by-stalkers\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Sued Over AirTags Allegedly Being Used By Stalkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapple-sued-over-airtags-allegedly-being-used-by-stalkers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765357&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">Two women have filed a class action lawsuit against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a>\u00a0over its AirTag devices, which they claim allowed their ex partners to stalk them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Monday, the proposed class action lawsuit was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/06\/business\/apple-airtag-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed<\/a> in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. It alleges that Apple did not put in place sufficient safety parameters that would keep stalkers from using the devices to keep track of victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWith a price point of just $29, it has become the weapon of choice of stalkers and abusers,\u201d the lawsuit reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-63880969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> allege that the devices were connected to murders of women in Indiana and Ohio this year. They also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/apple-is-sued-by-women-who-say-airtag-lets-stalkers-track-victims-2022-12-06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> AirTag is \u201cthe weapon of choice of stalkers and abusers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0&#038;_gl=1*9jw1yt*_ga*MTE3MDIyNDM4Ni4xNjU4MzQzNjQx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY3MDM2OTI4NC40NjQuMS4xNjcwMzY5Mjg5LjU1LjAuMA..\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">TIRED OF THE LEGACY MEDIA\u2019S BIAS CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH? JOIN US.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">AirTags are devices that allow people to keep track of their belongings that they may otherwise lose track of, such as wallets and keys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">One of the women in the lawsuit, Lauren Hughes of Travis County, Texas, said that she realized she was being tracked by an AirTag in August of last year. A three-month relationship had ended between her and her ex-partner, and the person began to write abusive messages on her social media pages, as well as leave threats on her voicemail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She ended up moving after the person put objects outside of her apartment, but she realized while she was living at a hotel that she was being stalked. Her phone notified her that an unfamiliar AirTag was moving with her \u2014 which she discovered hidden in her car\u2019s wheel well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The second woman involved in the suit resides in New York and discovered an AirTag in her kid\u2019s backpack over the summer. She found the device following a \u201ccontentious divorce.\u201d The lawsuit claims that the woman\u2019s stalker had \u201ca commitment to continuing to use AirTags to track, harass, and threaten her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The class action filing is looking to win an undefined amount of damages for those who own Android or iOS devices who have been monitored with an AirTag or who are at risk of being victims of stalking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-60004257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in January that multiple women had said they were tracked with AirTag devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIf you create an item which is useful for tracking stolen items, then you have also created a perfect tool for stalking,\u201d Eva Galperin, Director of Cyber-Security at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told the outlet at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI have personally talked to several people who have found AirTags in their possession,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When it launched the AirTags, Apple made the claim that \u201cAirTags are designed to track items not people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two women have filed a class action lawsuit against\u00a0Apple\u00a0over its AirTag devices, which they claim allowed their ex partners to stalk them. On Monday, the proposed class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. 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