Một phụ nữ tại Omaha gần đây đã phát hiện ra rằng mình đang bị theo dõi thông qua thông báo từ chiếc điều hướng AirTag. Với công dụng ban đầu là giúp người dùng tìm kiếm đồ vật như chìa khóa hoặc ví, AirTag của Apple cũng có thể được sử dụng để theo dõi con người. Đôi khi, theo luật sư, số lượng không nhiều người đem tới không thể ngăn chặn những điều như thế này.
AirTag có công dụng là phát tín hiệu cảnh báo nếu người dùng nhận ra rằng mình đang bị theo dõi. Phụ nữ Omaha cho biết cô nhận được thông báo từ điện thoại được đầy tận màn hình. Khi theo dõi thông báo, cô phát hiện ra người theo dõi mình thông qua AirTag là người quen thuộc của mình.
Cô cho biết cô và chồng cô đang trong quá trình ly dị, và chồng cô đã đặt AirTag vào xe hơi của cô để theo dõi mọi hoạt động của cô. Cô đã bày tỏ sự sợ hãi và cảm giác bị xâm phạm, đồng thời cũng bày tỏ hy vọng rằng câu chuyện của cô sẽ dẫn đến sự thay đổi trong pháp luật.
Cô cũng cảnh báo những người phụ nữ khác nên cẩn thận khi nhận thông báo kỳ lạ trên điện thoại và không nên coi đó là lỗi kỹ thuật. Cô hy vọng pháp luật sẽ tiến triển để bảo vệ những người trong tình huống tương tự. Đồng thời, cô cũng cảm kích công việc của cảnh sát và công tố viên trong vụ việc của mình và hy vọng luật pháp sẽ tiến triển để bao gồm loại theo dõi như vậy. #theodoinguoitrongngayhomnay
An Omaha woman said she thought something was wrong with her phone, then realized someone was stalking her.Apple AirTags are meant to help keep track of things like keys or wallets, but they can also be used to track people.According to prosecutors, sometimes there’s not much that prosecutors can do to prevent things like this.As a safety feature, air tags will alert someone if they recognize the person is being tracked. Still, if you’re not familiar with the technology, you might not know what it means, or why it matters. “I noticed some notifications coming across on my phone, and I thought it was a glitch,” said Cindy Vaughn.Vaughn said the notifications flooded her phone. “I started capturing screenshots. I have 183 screenshots before I figured out what was happening,” Vaughn said. “My intent was to go over to the Verizon store and have it looked at. In the meantime, I consulted with a friend of mine who is in cyber security and said, no, you’re being tracked.” When she started exploring those notifications, she said she tracked the air tag to someone she knew. “He admitted it. He admitted it to a friend of mine in writing,” Vaughn said.Vaughn said she and her husband recently began divorce proceedings.She said he snuck the air tag into her truck, then followed her every move.“I took my truck to a body shop, and they had to pull the liner up and look around for it. He had wedged the liner of my truck up with a screwdriver and put it in there,” Vaughn said. “I felt scared. I felt violated. It was a creepy feeling. It doesn’t seem like this crazy thing, but it is really invasive.” Omaha police arrested her husband for stalking, then reduced the charges to disturbing the peace. She said prosecutors will drop that charge Friday because there isn’t evidence he intended to intimidate or harass her.“No matter what your intent is to have somebody watch you go to the grocery store and the gas station and the pet store. Why? I didn’t understand why,” Vaughn said.She said she understands the decision, but hopes her story leads to change.“The big cities know about this more than we do, and it is considered stalking in most cities. But I think we’re a little behind the times in Nebraska. I think that legislation regarding surveillance or electronic stalking needs to be revisited and may be adjusted,” Vaughn said.She wants the Nebraska legislature to consider surveillance stalking laws to protect people in her situation. And she has a word of warning.“When you see weird notifications on your phone, it might not be a glitch. It might be something harmful. I just want women to be careful and to not look at your phone when you see something weird like that and think that’s a glitch. Be aware of technology as it relates to stalking. Look at the traffic traversing your wifi. I did that and I saw strange things,” she said.Vaughn said she also found cameras and listening devices in her home by looking through her Wi-Fi connections.She appreciates the work of police and the county attorney on her case and hopes laws evolve to include this kind of stalking.Get the latest headlines from KETV NewsWatch 7
An Omaha woman said she thought something was wrong with her phone, then realized someone was stalking her.
Apple AirTags are meant to help keep track of things like keys or wallets, but they can also be used to track people.
According to prosecutors, sometimes there’s not much that prosecutors can do to prevent things like this.
As a safety feature, air tags will alert someone if they recognize the person is being tracked.
Still, if you’re not familiar with the technology, you might not know what it means, or why it matters.
“I noticed some notifications coming across on my phone, and I thought it was a glitch,” said Cindy Vaughn.
Vaughn said the notifications flooded her phone.
“I started capturing screenshots. I have 183 screenshots before I figured out what was happening,” Vaughn said. “My intent was to go over to the Verizon store and have it looked at. In the meantime, I consulted with a friend of mine who is in cyber security and said, no, you’re being tracked.”
When she started exploring those notifications, she said she tracked the air tag to someone she knew.
“He admitted it. He admitted it to a friend of mine in writing,” Vaughn said.
Vaughn said she and her husband recently began divorce proceedings.
She said he snuck the air tag into her truck, then followed her every move.
“I took my truck to a body shop, and they had to pull the liner up and look around for it. He had wedged the liner of my truck up with a screwdriver and put it in there,” Vaughn said. “I felt scared. I felt violated. It was a creepy feeling. It doesn’t seem like this crazy thing, but it is really invasive.”
Omaha police arrested her husband for stalking, then reduced the charges to disturbing the peace.
She said prosecutors will drop that charge Friday because there isn’t evidence he intended to intimidate or harass her.
“No matter what your intent is to have somebody watch you go to the grocery store and the gas station and the pet store. Why? I didn’t understand why,” Vaughn said.
She said she understands the decision, but hopes her story leads to change.
“The big cities know about this more than we do, and it is considered stalking in most cities. But I think we’re a little behind the times in Nebraska. I think that legislation regarding surveillance or electronic stalking needs to be revisited and may be adjusted,” Vaughn said.
She wants the Nebraska legislature to consider surveillance stalking laws to protect people in her situation.
And she has a word of warning.
“When you see weird notifications on your phone, it might not be a glitch. It might be something harmful. I just want women to be careful and to not look at your phone when you see something weird like that and think that’s a glitch. Be aware of technology as it relates to stalking. Look at the traffic traversing your wifi. I did that and I saw strange things,” she said.
Vaughn said she also found cameras and listening devices in her home by looking through her Wi-Fi connections.
She appreciates the work of police and the county attorney on her case and hopes laws evolve to include this kind of stalking.
