Houston women fear they were tracked by unknown Apple AirPods: 'No one prepares you for this'

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Raven Lemon had just left dinner with a friend at Grand Lux Cafe in the Galleria area on July 29 when her iPhone notified her that an AirPod was detected nearby.

found that 50 of 150 total police reports mentioning AirTags saw women call the police because they started getting notifications that their whereabouts were being tracked by an AirTag they didn't own.

Another Houston woman, Frances Williams, said she tried filing a report after receiving alerts from an AirPod that was secretly slipped into her coat pocket. But officials deterred Williams, saying it'd be hard to trace. An HPD spokesperson said that"things might've been missed over the phone," but advises anyone who believes a crime was committed to either call their non-emergency or emergency line or file a report in person. He also referred toLemon also suggested checking your car for places where criminals could possibly hide the devices, such as the front grill, the back camera, or even behind a tire.

An Apple spokesman declined to speak on the record or supply a fresh statement on the ongoing issue. But Apple also saidthat they are planning to introduce a series of updates"later this year," including precision finding, display alerts with sound, refining unwanted tracking alert logic and tuning AirTag's sound.

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