Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers(datatracker.ietf.org) |
Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers(datatracker.ietf.org) |
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-detecting-unwant... (This is NOT a suggestion to replace the story link, as from there you can get to the docs GitHub, mailing list etc)
Others can be selected at the top of the main link. This seems to be the second rev of a draft.
(Having now read it)
One interesting point is that non owners get to disable locators if they are moving with them. Which makes sense to allow people to disable hostile trackers, but it also means a thief can disable it. May be the right call, but it does mean a ready market for noncompliant devices will exist unless this is put into law
At the same time, even if 99.9% of trackers have this built in, it still won’t prevent malicious use cases.
Anyway, I’m hoping it will be dead on arrival, but I fear that corrupt law enforcement organizations will try to get this mandated, since it will let them continue to steal luggage, and avoid dealing with people that would like their stolen items to be recovered.
Also, since Apple’s Find My network is open to third-party manufacturers, unless they have some authentication mechanism, there is nothing preventing a manufacturer from defecting and implementing a tracker that uses the network, is not detectable by not having a beeper, but still implements the rest of the protocol to be locatable.
These consumer grade air tag and tile devices are a practical way to track all your things, but allowing people to disable them or even alerting to their presence kind of defeats the purpose.
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-detecting-unwant...
I’ve only read parts of it, but it seems like it’s trying to formalize the behavior that AirTags and iPhones already follow so that all phones (Android) can alert you proactively when an unwanted tracker is traveling with you.
Subject of interest to specifically pop up on cams.
I was thinking the faraday bag could show up as a black negative spot on the back of an otherwise moving human assuming one were using the WiFi signal vision trick.
You as the phone owner can refuse to relay the tracker, but you shouldn't be able to disable it
If one I own is tracking someone else, either they know it, and are OK with it, or they stole my stuff. The probability of this is at least 100x higher.
The vast majority of the market are people like me, and (unless they outlaw fleet management equipment and stolen property trackers) the criminals can and will be able to buy things that are better for stalking.
Edit: By better for stalking, I mean these trackers probably have battery lives measured in months, not years, and probably aren’t rated for being magnetically attached to a wheel well or vehicle undercarriage. I doubt they even have an option for wiring into automotive 12V. On top of that, they’re not going to provide the stalker with high time resolution traces of where they’ve been for the last year.
Before they implement it, they’ll probably need an excuse other than “Think of the children” though.
Have you seen Aza Raskin talking about it?