In a collaborative effort, Apple and Google have developed an industry-standard detection feature called “Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers” (DULT) for Bluetooth trackers. This standard allows users on iOS and Android devices to be alerted if an unknown Bluetooth tracker is monitoring their location.
They would need to know what tag is yours, it’s not like tags have a subscription based contract with a company that directly links the device to you.
Unlike, you know, a cell phone. Which you carry with you at all times.
Quit reminding me that I purchased, and am reliant on, my own personal surveillance capitalism data-harvesting tracking-device.
Exactly. The tag IDs are anonymous and the clients are E2EE.
I’d be easier just to use cell towers.