← Back to context Comment by jjtheblunt 2 years ago I wonder if Apple's Airtag devices use mesh networking of some sort. 3 comments jjtheblunt Reply withinboredom 2 years ago I imagine they designed it the way they did specifically to prevent law enforcement from tapping them. coolspot 2 years ago Not law enforcement, but random punks. Law enforcement can get your airtag private keys from your iCloud backup. withinboredom 2 years ago That’s not how an AirTag works. Anyone can request any AirTag by simply knowing the public key (which is broadcast via BLE). Then you just need the private key which doesn’t need to be backed up by disabling keychain backups.
withinboredom 2 years ago I imagine they designed it the way they did specifically to prevent law enforcement from tapping them. coolspot 2 years ago Not law enforcement, but random punks. Law enforcement can get your airtag private keys from your iCloud backup. withinboredom 2 years ago That’s not how an AirTag works. Anyone can request any AirTag by simply knowing the public key (which is broadcast via BLE). Then you just need the private key which doesn’t need to be backed up by disabling keychain backups.
coolspot 2 years ago Not law enforcement, but random punks. Law enforcement can get your airtag private keys from your iCloud backup. withinboredom 2 years ago That’s not how an AirTag works. Anyone can request any AirTag by simply knowing the public key (which is broadcast via BLE). Then you just need the private key which doesn’t need to be backed up by disabling keychain backups.
withinboredom 2 years ago That’s not how an AirTag works. Anyone can request any AirTag by simply knowing the public key (which is broadcast via BLE). Then you just need the private key which doesn’t need to be backed up by disabling keychain backups.
I imagine they designed it the way they did specifically to prevent law enforcement from tapping them.
Not law enforcement, but random punks. Law enforcement can get your airtag private keys from your iCloud backup.
That’s not how an AirTag works. Anyone can request any AirTag by simply knowing the public key (which is broadcast via BLE). Then you just need the private key which doesn’t need to be backed up by disabling keychain backups.