{"id":96626,"date":"2022-11-24T06:05:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T14:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=96626"},"modified":"2022-11-24T06:05:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T14:05:44","slug":"airpods-as-trackers-hacking-hackers-and-apple-tracking-intego-mac-podcast-episode-267","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/airpods-as-trackers-hacking-hackers-and-apple-tracking-intego-mac-podcast-episode-267\/","title":{"rendered":"AirPods as Trackers, Hacking Hackers, and Apple Tracking &#8211; Intego Mac Podcast Episode 267"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.fireside.fm\/v2\/GegHgcrH+WAvgR92K?theme=dark\" width=\"740\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s security news, a stalker used AirPods to track a woman, since they don&#8217;t sent alerts like AirTags; Australia is hacking hackers in a sort of precrime operation; and we give a few tips for the annual Black Friday shopathon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberghostvpn.com\/en_US\/privacyhub\/apple-privacy-violations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Tracks Alarming Amount of Data Even When Device Analytics is Turned Off<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/22\/11\/21\/apples-app-store-analytics-may-be-able-to-identify-users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple&#8217;s App Store analytics may be able to identify users<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/22\/11\/22\/apples-icloud-private-relay-being-abused-in-65m-ad-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple&#8217;s iCloud Private Relay being abused in $65M ad fraud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/17\/my-creepy-date-slipped-his-airpods-into-my-bag-heres-the-scary-reason-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My creepy date slipped his AirPods into my bag \u2014 here&#8217;s the scary reason why<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2022\/11\/23\/is-5g-worth-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is 5G worth it? Consumer hype is over, and carriers worried, says report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/interactive\/2022\/amazon-shopping-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It\u2019s not your imagination: Shopping on Amazon has gotten worse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2022\/11\/half-of-computer-repairs-result-in-snooping-of-sensitive-data-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/riskybiznews.substack.com\/p\/risky-biz-news-australia-to-hack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia to hack the hackers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2022\/11\/network-crashing-leap-seconds-to-be-abandoned-by-2035-for-at-least-a-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Network-crashing leap seconds to be abandoned by 2035, for at least a century<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/how-to-rip-dvds-and-add-them-to-your-itunes-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Rip DVDs or Blu-rays and Add Them to Your Apple TV Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you like the Intego Mac Podcast podcast, be sure to rate and review it on Apple Podcasts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/intego-mac-podcast\/id1293834627\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-78820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts-150x39.png\" alt=\"Intego Mac Podcast\" width=\"150\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts-150x39.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have a question? Ask us! <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.intego.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Contact Intego<\/a> via email if you have any questions you want to hear discussed on the podcast, or to provide feedback and ideas for upcoming podcast episodes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s security news, a stalker used AirPods to track a woman, since they don&#8217;t sent alerts like AirTags; Australia is hacking hackers in a sort of precrime operation; and we give a few tips for the annual Black Friday shopathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":80878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4390],"tags":[3715],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this week&#039;s security news, a stalker used AirPods to track a woman, since they don&#039;t sent alerts like AirTags; 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