Alphabet Inc-owned Google and Apple Inc have announced to work together to curb unwanted tracking of people by Bluetooth devices such as AirTags used for finding lost items.
When this will be implemented is still unclear, but by the end of this year, the companies promise to release a production implementation of the specification. Apple and Google are not always competitors. Sometimes they want to make everyday life better for everyone.
In a unique collaboration to safeguard the misuse of location-tracking devices, the two industry giants have jointly submitted an industry specification to help combat the misuse of Bluetooth location-tracking devices for unwanted tracking.
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The two competitors
Apple and Google are competitors in many ways, but they have now teamed up to spearhead an initiative to develop an industry specification to combat unwanted tracking.
“The first-of-its-kind specification will allow Bl...