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 (DIR) Post #AVHnk9IlOFWQSykkCG by npd@octodon.social
       2023-05-02T18:22:36Z
       
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       With @CenDemTech and advocates from the National Network to End Domestic Violence, we have been pushing manufacturers of Bluetooth location tracking devices and mobile platform vendors to provide more uniform, accessible tools to help people detect, find and disable surreptitious tracking devices.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVHnkB9cVDOeDCUTDs by npd@octodon.social
       2023-05-02T18:23:56Z
       
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       today, Apple and Google have announced their collaboration, including support from some other location tracker manufacturers, to do just that.https://security.googleblog.com/2023/05/google-and-apple-lead-initiative-for.htmlhttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-google-partner-on-an-industry-specification-to-address-unwanted-tracking/
       
 (DIR) Post #AVHnkCsg5B25ZEZy5o by npd@octodon.social
       2023-05-02T18:29:05Z
       
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       and importantly, they've also started work on a protocol at @ietf -- this is a draft spec that interested stakeholders can and should read and review in depth:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-detecting-unwanted-location-trackers/Standardization through an open, multistakeholder process is so valuable here, to make sure protections for survivors are sound and to develop consensus for broad adoption.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVHnkEghMgdfAezQhM by npd@octodon.social
       2023-05-02T18:32:05Z
       
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       And this March op-ed from CDT and NNEDV explains the problem and the goal -- stopping Bluetooth location trackers from becoming people trackers -- and what we think is needed to get there:https://techpolicy.press/stopping-bluetooth-location-trackers-from-becoming-people-trackers/