Comment on Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location — $5 gadget put a $585 million Dutch ship at risk for 24 hours

errer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• logi@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Both Apple and Google run these tracking networks where a nearby phone can relay the tags location back to the network,l.

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  • InFerNo@lemmy.ml ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So this vessel has some local wifi with internet access private phones can connect to?

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Presumably they have internet on these ships, yes.

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• Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Airtag or adjacent thing, I guess?

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