DataclysmMay 3, 2023
evacide

I like winning:

Apple and Google partner on an industry specification to address unwanted tracking by Bluetooth-enabled physical trackers.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-google-partner-on-an-industry-specification-to-address-unwanted-tracking/

Apple and Google lead initiative for an industry specification to address unwanted tracking

Today Apple and Google jointly submitted a proposed industry specification to help address the misuse of Bluetooth location-tracking devices.

Apple Newsroom
May 3, 2023 at 6:53pmWeb
Show threadeagerpebbleMay 3, 2023
@evacide This is a good step. It does seem easier to just stop producing products that track people, though.
Show threadEthan WhiteMay 3, 2023
@evacide 🙌
Show threadKemptonMay 3, 2023
@evacide Thanks for being an important & technical voice of reason that got these companies' attention to try to address these creepy tracking problems. P.S. Any initial takes re the spec? Will it work?
Show threadevacideMay 3, 2023
@Kempton There will be an open comment period and I will submit comments to the IETF.
Show threadKemptonMay 4, 2023
@evacide That's very awesome of you to submit comments to the IETF. P.S. I am expert of nothing but I guess I'm "proud" to have taken time to submit comments and organized protests to fight for better Copyright Law in Canada some years ago. And I even volunteered to sit on a city task force to consider banning of Shark Fin for sale in Calgary. Both efforts didn't get the exact results I hoped for at the time but at least I tried.
Show threadUNS ProjectMay 4, 2023
@evacide Congrats!