Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say
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Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology found design and implementation flaws in Tile Bluetooth trackers: tags broadcast unencrypted MAC addresses and unique IDs that are also sent to Tile servers in cleartext, enabling persistent tracking and potential mass surveillance by the manufacturer or third parties; anti-stalking protections can be bypassed and recorded broadcasts can be replayed to frame others, and the researchers reported the issues to Tile/Life360 but received limited remediation details.
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