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by RC_ITR 1594 days ago
If a stalker is willing to buy a burner iOS device (since that's the means of viewing Airtag data), associate it with an untraceable email/iCloud, and only leave the device's location services on in locations that aren't tied to their identity (since Apple also knows where the tracking phone is), then 'having access to Airtags' probably isn't the 'make or break' factor in whether or not they will stalk someone.

If a user has that level of tech savvy, there are plenty of other cellular GPS devices they could use.
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zimpenfish 1594 days ago
> If a user has that level of [spare cash],

I suspect they could get several cellular GPS devices for the cost of an iPhone + some AirTags - meaning they could easily offer up one or two sacrificial ones for easy finding in order to hide a smaller one "in plain sight" (as it were.)

Or they could just hire a private detective to do some stalking for them.

Or someone even less scrupulous for even less money, I'd assume?

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