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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen RTCs for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, May 2 (Xinhua)-- Apple and Google jointly submitted a proposed industry specification to help combat the misuse of Bluetooth location-tracking devices for unnecessary tracking, according to Apple's official press release.

Apple says location-tracking devices can help users find personal items such as keys, wallets and luggage through a crowdsourcing search network. However, they can also be abused in unwanted personal tracking.

This pioneering specification of its kind will allow Bluetooth position tracking devices to be compatible with tracking detection and alarms across iOS and Android platforms. Major tracker brands such as Samsung, Tile, Chipolo, eufy Security and Pebblebee have expressed support for the draft specification.

▲ Apple AirTag Tracker the specification has been submitted as a draft through IETF (CTOnews.com Note: Internet Engineering Task Force, a private international industry technical standardization organization) and will be reviewed and discussed over the next three months. At the end of the discussion period, Apple and Google will work together to resolve feedback issues and will release a production implementation of the tracking alert specification by the end of 2023, which will be supported in future versions of iOS and Android.

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