Cops and Courts Don’t Know How to Handle Apple’s AirTag Stalking Problem

<p>Apple has democratized stalking for the modern world. With the Airtag you can keep track of your luggage and your estranged spouse.</p><br><p>There’s been an uptick in stalking cases with Apple Airtags at the center and the legal system doesn’t quite know what to do. Often, the cops and the prosecutors don’t even know what an Airtag is. So what do you do when there’s technology at the center of your legal battle, technology that the authorities do not understand.</p><br><p>Today on Cyber, Motherboard Senior Editor Samantha Cole comes on to walk us through it.</p><br><p><strong>Stories discussed in this episode:</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3edx/apple-airtag-stalking-police-family-court" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The Legal System Is Completely Unprepared for Apple AirTag Stalking</strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkg8j8/how-porn-addiction-took-hold-of-the-internet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>How ‘Porn Addiction’ Took Hold of the Internet</strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5v9m4/republican-gala-marjorie-taylor-greene-buttplugs-sex-toys-tucker-carlson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Republicans Are Panicking Because They Somehow Just Found Out You Can Buy Vibrators at CVS</strong></a></p><br><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Twitch</strong></a><strong> and</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/motherboard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> YouTube</strong></a><strong>. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.</strong></p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/p