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AirTags make that noise "because you cannot make a tracker that does not alert a thief without also making ... a tool for stalking,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @sixcolors.com. “I think these people have, in fact, considered the implications and decided that they don’t care.”

sixcolors.comSilencing AirTags enables stalkers and domestic violenceElevationLab has released an AirTag product I find appalling, and I strongly urge they immediately withdraw it from sale and recall all inventory. The AirTag Silencer is a simple device: remove the…

1/10/26, 5:26 pm76 reposts180 likes

swineflupgh.bsky.social

@swineflupgh.bsky.social

The problem isn't the silencer kit, it's the gadgets themselves. Apple is the master of unrepairable devices. If they can make phones with parts keyed to each other so they can't be replaced individually, they can make AirTags equally difficult to silence. But they don't.

swineflupgh.bsky.social

@swineflupgh.bsky.social

If Apple wanted to get really fancy they could include a small microphone in every tag and program the devices to shut down if they couldn't hear themselves. But they don't.