Apple and Google Team Up Against Stalking - MOSK: 05.03.2023

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Ken Ray

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🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:05.0	Apple and Google team up against stalking, a shipped in Apple's Indian supply chain, and two tales of Apple Pay.
0:17.8	It is Wednesday, the 3rd of May, 2023.
0:21.3	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from Maco West Ken brought to you by yours truly and
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0:58.0	Apple and Google are getting together to make Bluetooth tracker safer. What I mean is to make it harder to
1:05.2	be tracked or stocked by items like Air Tag without being aware. The two companies issued a
1:11.6	joint statement on Tuesday announcing the initiative,
1:15.0	the way a piece from a Jean-France press puts it,
1:18.0	the two companies are proposing a text standard to make sure people get tipped off
1:22.0	when their movements are being
1:23.7	tracked with Bluetooth devices like air tags or tile. Speaking of tile, they are
1:31.1	on board as or other makers of item trackers like Samsung, Chipolo, Ufi
1:37.3	security and pebbleby. Speaking for the Cupertino Company, Ron Huang, Apple VP of Sensing and Connectivity, said,
1:47.0	We built Airtag in the Find My Network with a set of proactive features to discourage unwanted tracking a first in the industry and we
1:56.6	continue to make improvements to help ensure the technology is being used as intended. This new industry specification builds upon the air tag protections
2:06.7	and through a collaboration with Google results in a critical step forward to help combat unwanted tracking across iOS and Android.
2:17.5	And from the robot army, Dave Burke, Google VP of engineering for Android said,
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