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How a $49 Apple gadget is helping drug traffickers (www.smh.com.au)
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[–] RetroJens@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just read the last paragraph.

If used for criminal activity police can get the iCloud account and all other information about who the AirTag is linked to. I’m sure they try to obfuscate that as much as possible, but I’m pretty sure criminals who use those means will often get caught.

[–] c010rb1indusa@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

These are tied to burner accounts/phones.