Apparently, the case of a man who, after a family dispute, put an AirTag in the vehicle to illegally follow a person ended in the arrest of this one. The new Apple AirTags are really useful in many situations but not for spying on people or performing illegal tracking, it can be grounds for arrest, as happened to Wilfred González, 27, a resident of Waterbury, Connecticut. It was charged with two crimes after placing an AirTag in a car to track someone’s activity, crimes include first-degree harassment and violation of a restraining order by another.
Using an AirTag to track people is not a good idea
In this specific case, the protagonist of the story is also facing a public order offense for having tried to avoid being arrested. According to information from the CTInsider media outlet, Gonzalez was released on $10,000 bail and He is due to appear in court again on March 30.
On the other hand, sources close to the event claim that the AirTag was not really hidden on purpose since it was found relatively easily. In any case, the Apple tracking device gives a warning when detected by an iPhone, so it is understood that users are protected against possible misuse of these. There are other much more sophisticated and specific methods to achieve this type of tracking and the use of an AirTag would not be the most suitable for this. thanks to the detection and immediate warning alerts offered by Apple.
