APPLE’S UNSUSPECTED FAULT
09-March-21
Apple’s OF (Offline Finding) technology makes use of online finder devices running the ‘Find My’ app to detect the presence of missing offline devices such as iPads using Bluetooth and AirTags.
The ‘crowdsourced’ system reports an approximate location for a device back to the owner via the internet.
Computer scientists from Technische Universität Darmstadt in Germany uncovered a brace of issues after carrying out a detailed analysis of the privacy-focused system.
