Understand Stalking via Tracking
It’s easy to see how Find My could be abused by someone trying to track a person surreptitiously. With Find My People and Find My Device, someone with access or someone given too much trust can simply be tracking a person or, via Family Sharing, their devices. With Find My items, it can be even more insidious—and Apple built anti-tracking features into the system that it continues to evolve.
Let’s look at all three scenarios: tracking a person, tracking devices, and tracking via Find My items, like AirTags.
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