[Jane Long]

Amazon is not the first company to look to create such a network. Apple has taken a similar approach with the company’s range of AirTag item trackers, which can connect to the internet through any compatible iPhone they come into contact with, not simply their owner’s.

Wait. What?

[DouglasKC]

Amazon is not the first company to look to create such a network. Apple has taken a similar approach with the company’s range of AirTag item trackers, which can connect to the internet through any compatible iPhone they come into contact with, not simply their owner’s. Wait. What?

Xfinity has been doing it for quite a while on their routers as well. If you rent one from them it automatically sets up a hot spot that others can use. Wall to wall internet. It's why I bought my own cable modem/router.

[PapaBear3625]

Apple has taken a similar approach with the company’s range of AirTag item trackers, which can connect to the internet through any compatible iPhone they come into contact with, not simply their owner’s.

You can have all the long passwords, two-factor authentication, and other doo-dads you want, and it won't mean a thing if the iPhone operating system itself decides that certain "privileged" applications have the right to bypass it all.

[Swordmaker]

”Amazon is not the first company to look to create such a network. Apple has taken a similar approach with the company’s range of AirTag item trackers, which can connect to the internet through any compatible iPhone they come into contact with, not simply their owner’s.”

Wait. What?

Sending a unique code BlueTooth sign from the AirPods saying “Here I am” is not the same as acting as a WIFI hotspot for every Tom, Dick, and Harry who comes around and wants to hack into your home WIFI. The AirPods are not creating a network.

[Swordmaker]

Re: AirPods equal AirTags. My old brain farting.