Apple Responds After Actress Claims Of Being Tracked By AirTag

After Irish actor and writer Hannah Rose Could claimed that she was tracked by an AirTag, tech large Apple has responded by saying that it’s “actively collaborating with regulation enforcement on all AirTag-related inquiries”. Nonetheless, the tech large additionally said that “AirTag incidents are uncommon,” studies The Unbiased.

“AirTag was designed to assist individuals find their private belongings, to not observe individuals or one other individual’s property, and we condemn within the strongest potential phrases any malicious use of our merchandise,” the tech large mentioned in an announcement earlier.

Final week, Could claimed that she had been tracked by an AirTag. “An Apple AirTag was placed on me to trace my location Saturday night time. I’m sharing what occurred to me so you realize what to search for,” Could wrote on the microblogging platform Twitter.

Could, who is predicated in Los Angeles, described attending an after-hours occasion at Disneyland which went on till 2 a.m. “I obtained a ‘Discover My’ notification on the finish of the night time that I did not assume something of however opened it anyway and it turned out to be this somebody had been monitoring me for 2 hours,” she mentioned.

Could shared a screenshot of the alert she acquired, which confirmed that she was being tracked by the proprietor of the AirTag. She was capable of disable the monitoring earlier than driving residence, and mentioned she was with a bunch the entire time she was being tracked.

Could added that after sharing her story on Instagram, she acquired a number of direct messages from individuals who have discovered they had been being tracked by AirTags. Her thread has been favored practically 20,000 occasions and has acquired over 10,000 retweets.

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