Have price less than 100,000, the positioning device compatible with iPhone to buy the song poor quality and potential risk of abuse
“I bought 5 pcs price 500,000 on a group Facebook, initially using the saw works pretty good,” Tran Tien (ho chi minh CITY) said. He said now use your device as a key to in your bag, strap for pet and mount on the motorcycle to anti-theft.
The last few months, positioning equipment with prices from 70,000 to 150,000 sold more on the ecommerce website or Facebook. They are from the brand quite strange as MMLuck, Momax, Smatrul, Sualio. We connect to iPhone compatible Apple Find My and not waterproof. The template is compatible on Android and have attached the sim to operate independently, often have higher prices.
Meanwhile, Apple is selling accessories geolocation AirTag with price 800,000 each, or Samsung SmartTag about 600,000-800,000.
“The price by almost a tenth of genuine goods, while the same cause the device to locate this kind of accessible, especially those who need to track objects that do not want to spend a lot of money to buy Apple”, Royal Navy, who specialize in selling equipment positioning rates in Bac Ninh, said. “Every day, I sell are 20-30 pcs, peak 50 pcs, mainly through the floor ecommerce and Facebook. This device is imported from China shape wholesale through the customer, private, or home Taobao or 1688”.
The actual test device named Sualio Tag buy on Facebook with price 80,000 vnd, the product is simple packing, plastic shell, the top has a button, when pressing the bell. When put iPhone in near feature Apple Find My immediately appear, and ready to connect. When the connection is successful, it can show the location through Apple maps.
Inside, the device has a structure composed of chip, a speaker and battery CR2032 – type used for AirTag. According to Quang Dinh, repair technician electronics in ho chi minh CITY, circuit board, and texture inside are the perfect low.
“Preliminary analysis suggests the device to regain chip positioning of the AirTag or similar devices was Apple allows compatibility with Find My, then create a circuit board with low quality. This may be why we have very cheap price,” he Fixed rate.
Based on observation and experience, I predict this device is more likely to be recycled by poor quality materials, using components from electrical and electronic waste, then dissection, refresh. Some find a way interfere with the software to equipment compatible with Apple products. It is easy to see that this device operates flutter after a short time, its battery perishable. Due to there is no resistance or water resistance, they are also easily damaged if rain or falling water.
Fact, after more than a week of use, you Progress to realize positioning device operation is not stable, showing the wrong location in some cases.
A threat for one another, with the device floats, is the right to private. According to mr. Do Thang, director, centre for management training and network security Athena, so the price is very cheap and accessible navigation devices, this can be used for other nefarious purposes, such as tracking other people.
“We can silently be put into bags, motorcycles, cars and other vehicles to follow the journey of the goal,” he said. “Due to only a few tens of thousand, it is very easy to buy and psychological ‘lost nor unfortunately’ because there is no value as AirTag, bad guys not afraid to use the positioning device this form”.
In addition, according to him, Victory, another risk, though the likelihood is very low, is cheap equipment installed plug malicious code inside before leaving the factory. When connecting to smartphones and Internet devices, it will penetrate or be remotely activated. From there, the crooks can steal data, infect malware extortion.
He recommended, the user should not use the positioning device floating in this form. Instead, they can buy the products from reputable brands to ensure safety.
Source: vnexpress.net