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Apple aims to thwart secret AirTag tracking with tweaks

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What does Japan's Law(s) say about this type stuff??

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Manufacturers have no means to determine how anyone uses their products. At worst they can refuse to honour a guarantee if they believe a product has been pushed beyond its intended limits. Individuals can use stuff they purchase as they wish. If those individuals use products for nefarious ends, they can expect to be prosecuted when they are caught, and serve them right.

I rarely defend Apple, but if a company produces a technology that benefits the majority, and a minority use it to commit crimes, it is not the fault of the company, and there is no reason to withhold the product from the majority. The minority using the tech criminally are culpable, and nobody else. So for air tags, as for miniature cameras.

Blaming companies that produce tech and software for the nefarious use of their products by a minority is a common trick used by governments and promoted by activists to ban and censor the use of useful technology.

Blame and prosecute offenders, and only offenders. Vicarious atonement has no place in modern law.

Incidentally, software that detects a nearby air tag could assist people in finding other peoples' property, including hidden or mislaid door keys. Did they think that through?

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