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

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Please don't discourage people from seeking assistance from law enforcement when their personal safety is at risk.

You may not live in a large American city. It’s a bad place to rely on the cops in my experience.

So what is your suggestion, just let bad situations happen to you? Regardless of if the police actually do anything, it's important to have a paper trail of things so that you point to them if you ever have to end up in court.

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

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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

According to the tweet thread: >this morning while I was asleep I had someone close to me check my car and they found it stuck on the underside of my front passenger wheel well. I wish he took pics before he threw it away If I found a tracking device on the car of someone close to me, I certainly wouldn't throw it away without showing them and insisting that they go to the police. Why would they just throw it away?

Because it never happened.

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

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The worst part of this is, if you don’t have an iPhone, you’ll never know if you’re being tracked. Edit: Yes, I know there’s an app. Do you think more than 1% of victims will have it installed?

Slip it into a young child’s backpack, they rarely have iPhones. Wait for them to get out of school…

Do you see the danger

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

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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...

That app requires you to click a button every time you think you're being followed. Then it'll scan and report any results. It won't warn you of an AirTag someone attached to your car, unless you make it a habit to constantly press "scan" all day. AirGuard ( https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard ) can do this for you, at the cost of battery life for having something scan for Bluetooth signals in the background all d…

> It won't warn you of an AirTag someone attached to your car, unless you make it a habit to constantly press "scan" all day.

Wouldn't you only need to scan whenever you return to your car?

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

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post #24

The worst part of this is, if you don’t have an iPhone, you’ll never know if you’re being tracked. Edit: Yes, I know there’s an app. Do you think more than 1% of victims will have it installed?

Slip it into a young child’s backpack, they rarely have iPhones. Wait for them to get out of school… Do you see the danger

I see the creepy potential. I don't see the danger.

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

#66

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Please don't discourage people from seeking assistance from law enforcement when their personal safety is at risk.

You may not live in a large American city. It’s a bad place to rely on the cops in my experience.

I do, and this is an appropriate situation to call them about, regardless of your race. There are problems with the police, to be sure, but this is not a situation where someone is getting beaten up (or worse) over a traffic stop or misidentification during the commission of a crime.

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.

There is now an app called „Tracker Detect“ from Apple (for Android) to search for AirTags around you. It hasn’t the ability to use AirTags like on the iPhone but at least you can find one that has been left around you.

That app, which isn't available everywhere (why?), requires users to perform manual scans. It doesn't warn users that they're being tracked like iPhones do.

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

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post #28

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Apple made an Android app for this.

which currently has a rating of 2/5 because of how terrible it is.

Did you read the reviews ? Maybe because the bad guys do not want you to use it. You need to underestand that there are a lot of people paid to have an opinion on the internet.

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

#69

This seems plausible: People at bars are single. Track their vehicle to their house / apt. Later, know when vehicle is not at house (hence no one is home - remember - single person). Rob house.

> Rob house that's not the only possible outcome here

It is a much more likely and sensible (for the bad guy) outcome though. There are so many more people out there that want to rob someone than want to rape someone. Especially when the target is a stranger.

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

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post #63

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Slip it into a young child’s backpack, they rarely have iPhones. Wait for them to get out of school… Do you see the danger

I see the creepy potential. I don't see the danger.

The danger is that predators could track a child to a secluded area and abduct them.
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