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Protect yourself from being tracked 🌍 by AirTags 🏷 and Find My accessories 📍

21 mentions on Hacker News by 15 people: 1 story, 20 comments · first 2021-09-18 · latest 2023-05-02

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  1. …more functionality than both Tracker Detect and the AirTag anti-tracking features built into iOS: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard For example, AirGuard lets the user activate the alarm on any AirTag in range immediately without…
    comment by commoner · 2023-05-02 · in NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts
  2. …which scans for AirTags and other Bluetooth tracking devices in the background automatically: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard AirGuard is a FOSS project developed by the Technical University of Darmstadt.
    comment by commoner · 2023-05-02 · in NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts
  3. …a specific app, for example: - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.trac... - https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard
    comment by N19PEDL2 · 2022-12-06 · in Apple sued by two women over AirTag stalking
  4. Airguard kind of does this: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard It'll scan for bluetooth trackers in the background (and airpods and iphones) and can give you a per-device history.
    comment by bentcorner · 2022-10-04 · in How fateful?
  5. Android apps that detect AirTags exist too, e.g. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard
    comment by turtleman1338 · 2022-09-12 · in Ask HN: Who is building credit card size tracker using U1 spec?
  6. …a bug that interfered with detection, but that issue was fixed in version 1.3.4 (released in May): https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard/issues/63
    comment by commoner · 2022-08-18 · in AirTag leads to arrest of airline worker accused of stealing from luggage
  7. …the user can immediately force the AirTag to emit a sound without having to wait. - AirGuard: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard
    comment by commoner · 2022-08-18 · in AirTag leads to arrest of airline worker accused of stealing from luggage
  8. …potential Bluetooth tracking devices in the background without needing user interaction. AirGuard: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard In addition to automatic scanning, AirGuard has maps showing where and when each tracking device was…
    comment by commoner · 2022-07-10 · in Apple responds after woman describes ‘nightmare’ of being ‘tracked’ by AirTag
  9. In F-Droid there is an app against tracking with air tags. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard
    comment by hydroid7 · 2022-06-12 · in Woman accused of tracking boyfriend with Apple AirTag, killing him with car
  10. …the AirTags has also been implemented as a background service by the same organisation as above ( https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard ). > I guess they could make the packaging more tamper resistant somehow, but again this is kind of…
    comment by rekoil · 2022-02-11 · in An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking
  11. Fixed link: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard AirGuard is great. They optimized the app to the point that it doesn't even show up in my Android device's battery usage statistics anymore. It's a set and forget app that scans for…
    comment by commoner · 2022-02-11 · in An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking
  12. …can be disabled. We on HN should really band together to do something about this. There is already https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard which is cool. What else could be done? I can think of some general directions: 1) Fill their network…
    comment by NoImmatureAdHom · 2022-02-11 · in An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking
  13. …Apple hasn't determined that tag has been following you (the BLE characteristic is unauthenticated: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard/blob/main/app/src/mai... ) HN discussion: AirGuard: Protect yourself from being tracked by AirTags…
    comment by madars · 2022-02-11 · in An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking
  14. …Darmstadt in Germany has created an app for it. It's FOSS and available on Google Play and Fdroid. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.seemoo.at_t...…
    comment by throwawayciv651 · 2022-01-25 · in Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
  15. …like when my phone was in the locker at the gym and someones airtags was in a locker close to mine. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard
    comment by sschueller · 2021-12-19 · in Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar
  16. …attached to your car, unless you make it a habit to constantly press "scan" all day. AirGuard ( https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard ) can do this for you, at the cost of battery life for having something scan for Bluetooth signals in…
    comment by jeroenhd · 2021-12-19 · in Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar
  17. I've been using AirGuard on my Android. It's FOSS. Available on Play. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard
    comment by kreeben · 2021-12-19 · in Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar
  18. …... F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.seemoo.at_tracking_detection ... Source code: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard (Courtesy SylvieLorxu)
    comment by longitudinal93 · 2021-12-06 · in Apple AirTag Linked to Increasing Number of Car Thefts, Canadian Police Report
  19. …F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.seemoo.at_tracking_detection... Source code: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard
    comment by SylvieLorxu · 2021-11-19 · in Woman discovers AirTag on her vehicle after receiving iPhone alert
  20. starts at line 93 of https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard/blob/main/app/src/mai...
    comment by dncornholio · 2021-09-19 · in AirGuard: Protect yourself from being tracked by AirTags and Find My accessories