Apparently the case of a man who after a family argument put an AirTag in the vehicle to illegally track a person ended with the arrest of this. The new Apple AirTags are really useful for many situations but not to spy on people or carry out illegal tracking, this can be a reason for arrest, as happened to Wilfred González, 27, a resident of Waterbury, Connecticut. This was accused of two felonies after placing an AirTag in a car to track a person's activity, crimes include stalking in the first degree and violation of a restraining order by another.
Using an AirTag to track people is not a good idea
In this specific case, the protagonist of the story also faces a misdemeanor of disturbing public order for trying to avoid being arrested. According to reports from the media CTInsider, Gonzalez was released on bail of 10.000 dollars and He is due to appear in court again on March 30.
On the other hand, sources close to the event say that the AirTag was not really hidden on purpose since it was found relatively easily. In any case, the Apple locator device issues a warning when it is detected by an iPhone, so it is understood that users are protected against possible misuse of them. There are other much more sophisticated and specific methods to carry out this type of monitoring and using an AirTag would not be the most suitable for it thanks to the detection and immediate warning alerts offered by Apple.
