Bluetooth tracker in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location

ttcp_handshaker about 6 hours ago 3 commentsRead Article on tomshardware.com

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iJohnDoe•about 3 hours ago

It would have to be something like an AirTag or Tile, otherwise it would be pointless?

The only reason these are useful is because of the vast amount of phones that will report the location of the bluetooth tracker. A $10 chinese version wouldn’t work so well.

techcode•41 minutes ago

Since it was Dutch news and Dutch ship - I'm betting they used ~€5 Bluetooth tracker available in Action stores.

Not sure how different it works from Apple/Samsung trackers. But my Motorola Android phone can set it up, and phones out and about are reporting where it is.

RunningDroid•about 2 hours ago

The $10 Chinese ones can pretend to be an AirTag or Tile:

https://hackaday.com/2022/02/22/no-privacy-cloning-the-airta...

https://hackaday.com/2025/03/03/hijacking-airtag-infrastruct...