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		paulmd on Dec 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access > People might want to think about how AirTags and Find My Phone work... rotating BTLE identifiers controlled by a pseudorandom sequence derived from a key, and tunneled over end to end encryption?

oarsinsync on Dec 10, 2023 [–]

With locations over time tied to personal identifiers stored in a database with no public audit controls

chfalck on Dec 11, 2023 | [–]

Isn’t that already what every standardly configured smartphone does?

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