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AirTags Separated From Owners for Three Days or More Play Audible Sound When Moved Wednesday April 21, 2021 1:53 am PDT by Tim Hardwick Apple's AirTag item trackers let you track things like your keys, wallet, purse, backpack, or luggage, and if an AirTag is separated from its owner and out of Bluetooth range, the Find My network can help track it down, thanks to its U1 Wideband chip. According to Apple, an AirTag that isn't with the person who registered it for an extended period of time will also play a sound when moved, to alert anyone nearby so that it can be found, even without an iOS de...

Apple's new AirTag tracking device will play a sound if it's separated from its owner for a set length of time, currently three days.

Macworld The whole story of the FBI iPhone fight only shows how right Apple was If someone really wants to get into your iPhone they're going to have a hard time. That's a good thing. body> Remember about five years ago there was a big to-do, a veritable brouhaha of an uproar, about the government wanting to be able to gain access to iPhones, surely only for our protection? You remember that, right? Your uncle on Facebook was yelling at you about terrorist-loving punks from Cupertino. No, your other uncle. Anyway, The Washington Post now has some follow-up on how the FBI pursued that ...

  An iPhone app — now apparently pulled by Apple — posed as a children's game while hiding an online casino for users in Turkey and other countries. The App Store game, called "Jungle Runner 2k21," appeared as a running platform game with rudimentary graphics and animations. However, iOS users running the app in Turkey— or elsewhere with a VPN set to Turkey — would see a web view for an online casino. The secret casino allowed users to gamble using real money through non-Apple payment systems. FlickType developer Kosta Eleftheriou first spotted the scam app. "This @AppStore a...

Apple’s App Store hosted kiddie games with secret gambling dens inside Kosta Eleftheriou has found another iOS scam Share this story In popular culture, access to an illicit gambling den is as easy as stumbling into the right shop and saying the password — or greasing some palms. Apple’s App Store apparently has a real-life parallel: today, app developer Kosta Eleftheriou discovered a terrible kiddie game that’s actually a front for gambling websites. The secret password isn’t one you’d be likely to guess: you have to be in the right country —or pretend to be in the right count...