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Despite Apple's best efforts to the contrary, the company's AirTag trackers have become a convenient, cheap and effective way to stalk people ever since the tiny tracking devices were released in April 2021.
AirTags use Apple's Find My network so that nearby iPhones and iPads can pick up their signals and relay them to Apple, along with the location. The AirTag owner is then notified where the AirTag is.
Since there are nearly a billion iPhones being used worldwide, an AirTag can be precisely located by its owner anywhere there are people with iPhones nearby —even underground or in buildings.
Near-constant local-news reports of apparent AirTag stalking, stories that show how easy it is to stalk someone using AirTags, and, most recently, two state attorneys general issuing consumer warnings about AirTag stalking have led Apple to recently promise to update its apps to make detecting and finding rogue AirTags more effective.
How to tell if an AirTag is stalking you — and what you can do about it
Here's how iPhone users, Android users and even people without smartphones can detect rogue AirTags
