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Centering Disability in Mitigating Harms of Bluetooth Tracking Technology

Author:
Aboulafia, Ariana
Year:
2023

Bluetooth location-tracking devices like Apple AirTags and Tile trackers are an increasingly popular way for people to locate their misplaced items. Unfortunately, stalkers and abusers are also misusing these devices to surreptitiously track people. Your iPhone or Android device may be able to detect AirTags that don’t belong to you and are traveling with you, but there is currently no industry-wide standard that works across mobile operating systems as well as across location-tracker brands, leaving millions of people vulnerable to high-tech stalking. Moreover, some devices have options that make them incredibly difficult to detect...