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Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Except for the folks who aren't iPhone users, which is the majority of people.

Apple released an app for Android users to alert them if an AirTag is “following” them: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/android-users-get-this-appl...

It has to be run manually as far as I can tell.

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Except for the folks who aren't iPhone users, which is the majority of people.

Maybe some sort of audible alarm could be in order. Let say every 1-4h hours.

That's not great if someone steals your backpack and finds out you're tracking it.

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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And AirTags even alert those (iPhone users) being tracked so they are even less practical

Has anyone got the same kind of alerts with AirPods 3/Pro? This is a recurrent issue while hanging out with SO, friends and family and the only devices that we believe carrying are those AirPods.

I think so, it depends on the firmware version and if you activated it as a 'thing' I think. I have one pair that does it and my significant other has one that doesn't but it's not being used as actively and not in Find My either.

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Is it me, or this AirTag did not have its battery connected? We see this thin paper/plastic separator on the photo. Moreover, don’t these alarms start after some hours after being away from the owner?

The picture is provided as an example, since the removed AirTag was discarded.

Re: Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar

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Surely Apple can use information from their Find My account to figure out who the AirTag was registered to. Even if the tag has been destroyed. That should be trivially easy, right?

I believe that's where the advice to hand an AirTag to the authorities come from? From here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT212227

I’m not convinced this is a priority for police. Air tags seem to be a net negative for all.
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