#theft

danie10@squeet.me

AirTags and other Bluetooth trackers can find stolen cars, bikes and bags. But what happens when you find the person who took them?

“Everybody’s had something like this stolen from them and wished they had gotten it back, had some agency in that scenario, had something they could do,” said Dan Guido, a technology CEO in Brooklyn who got his electric scooter back using AirTags. “It feels empowering and feels accessible, that’s what’s attractive about it.”

Apple has been careful to never say AirTags can be used to recover stolen property. The marketing for the device is light and wholesome, focusing on situations like lost keys between sofa cushions. The official tagline is “Lose your knack for losing things” and there’s no mention of crime, theft or stealing in any of the ads, webpages or support documents.

But in reality, the company has built a network that is ideal for that exact use case. Every compatible iPhone, iPad and Mac is being silently put to work as a location device without their owners knowing when it happens. The same applies for the Samsung and Tile tracker devices.

See https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/28/airtags-theft/

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#technology #trackers #theft #airtags #findit


https://gadgeteer.co.za/airtags-and-other-bluetooth-trackers-can-find-stolen-cars-bikes-and-bags-what-happens-when-you-find

sylviaj@joindiaspora.com
jrepin@joindiaspora.com

The Biggest Heist You've Never Heard Of: Apple's Double Irish (With a Dutch Sandwich)

Apple is carrying out one of the largest thefts in history. Its tax avoidance schemes have cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. One Apple shell company alone claimed $30 billion in income. It has no physical address & no employees—and it paid $0 in corporate tax.

The Biggest Heist You've Never Heard Of: Apple's Double Irish (With a Dutch Sandwich)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stSdQjch5Ws

#Apple #Theft #Crime #CorporateCrime #Capitalism #Taxes #TaxEvasion #GlobalMinimumTax #DoubleIrish #Ireland

florida_ted@diasp.org

WARNING: this rabbit hole is deep

The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire, is a documentary film that shows how Britain transformed from a colonial power into a global financial power. At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web of offshore islands. Today, up to half of global offshore wealth is hidden in British jurisdictions and Britain and its dependencies are the largest global players in the world of international finance.

#Britain #British #Empire #CityOfLondon #London #international #financial #secrecy #tax #haven #offshore #wealth #elite #network #corruption #money #power #politics #crime #abuse #theft #fraud #lies #war #psychology #dysfunction

https://invidio.us/watch?v=np_ylvc8Zj8