Apple releases personal safety guide to address tech-enabled stalking


Apple's Personal Safety User Guide hopes to address privacy concerns concerning the use of AirTags, which have been accused of enabling stalking. — Photo by Đức Trịnh on Unsplash

Apple has released a Personal Safety User Guide, to address concerns about how its devices may be misused for technology-enabled stalking or harassment.

The Verge reported that the timing of the guide comes following many news reports on people being stalked by way of having an AirTag passed on to them without their knowledge.

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