Researchers: Tile tags broadcast unencrypted MAC addresses and unique IDs; researchers informed Life360 in November 2024 but it stopped replying in February (Kim Zetter/Wired)

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Kim Zetter / Wired:Researchers: Tile tags broadcast unencrypted MAC addresses and unique IDs; researchers informed Life360 in November 2024 but it stopped replying in February  —  A team of researchers found that, by not encrypting the data broadcast by Tile tags, users could be vulnerable to having their location information exposed to malicious actors.