Apple AirTags, touted as a way to find lost keys, purses, also are being used by stalkers

Rebecca Weininger, director of the domestic violence law practice at the North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic, displays an Apple AirTag. The tracking devices are being used to secretly keep unwanted tabs on and stalk people. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Sun-Times)

Apple AirTags — introduced last year as an easy way to track down lost keys or wallets — are being used to secretly keep unwanted tabs on and stalk people, records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times show.

Between July 1, 2021, and March 31, people filed 33 reports with the Chicago Police Department saying AirTags were used to track their movements via a Bluetooth antenna without them knowing, the police records show.