[Link] People Are Selling AirTags with Disabled Speakers that Are Totally Not for Stalking

Read: 6/2/2022 www.extremetech.com

Apple released AirTags last year, giving iOS users a better way to track and find their belongings. However, the tracking capabilities of AirTags were so good that many expressed concerns about privacy and safety.

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[Link] Alleged TikTok ‘Skyrim IRL’ Murders Shows the Real Danger of Stalkerware

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

Last week Ali Nassar Abulaban, a popular TikTok and other social media personality with over a million followers combined across his accounts, allegedly murdered his wife and a man.

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[Link] FTC Orders Spyware Vendor to Stop Business

Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com

The FTC has banned a stalkerware vendor called SpyFone and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from working in the surveillance business, the agency said in an announcement on Wednesday.

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