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That is, if you're lucky and they understand what you're talking about. You'll probably have to spend some time explaining how it works, why it is a serious issue, and then probably be dismissed.
You'd have to explain to the police why a device that's designed for tracking things being placed on your car is a serious issue?
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Not surprised, just a hypothesis on hidden tactics behind. As for your question, do you really trust in Apple's PR? "Privacy, green, ethical labor" Oh almost forgot, another case: 3. https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/complete-control-apple-a...
Well, the way I see it is that in the counterfactual world where they didn't downclock, someone who doesn't "trust in Apple's PR" would conclude that the lack of downclocking is so that phones would turn off randomly, nudging people to buy a new phone.
Using this logic, please explain the pattern with #2 and #3.
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That is, if you're lucky and they understand what you're talking about. You'll probably have to spend some time explaining how it works, why it is a serious issue, and then probably be dismissed.
You'd have to explain to the police why a device that's designed for tracking things being placed on your car is a serious issue?
Edit: it was in Paris, France.
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Huh, right, with all the talk about the privacy preserving location sharing, I missed that Airtags have a serial number that Apple can look up. However, my main criticism (that Apple customers were not asked whether they want to participate in a network that may indirectly reveal their location) still stands.
The find my network is designed so that it does not directly or indirectly reveal location of the primary device or any intermediaries to apple
Now maybe you don't worry about side channels like this, but I really think that it should be up to the individual user to decide whether they want to risk something like this or not.
It's quite telling that Apple does not ask people to opt-in to the Find My network, while every third party app needs explicit user permission for any kind of Bluetooth access.
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Catalytic converter theft is big everywhere, unfortunately. It's most common in larger cities, but it's worth the effort for thieves to travel out of town as well. [catalytic converter theft map] is a productive search with some graphics, some dating back years: https://www.google.com/search?q=catalytic+converter+theft+ma... Not intending any greater point about AirTags.
Cat theft, and petty property crime in general, is way worse in the cities that decline to prosecute which basically boils down to "the west coast and a few pinpoints on the east coast."
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I am given the choice what I want to do, and chose the "always ignore this AirTag" option.
This opens up a new "evil maid" attack: secretly tracking anyone whose phone you have access to.
So I and my wife both have AirTags. Every time we take a walk together, we both get notifications that there's an unknown AirTag with us (each others'). You can pause these notifications for just one day, which means we get notified every single day. Does anyone know how to disable this for specific known AirTags?
When an AirTag is assigned to an iCloud account, and a device (say an iPhone) is with you, then you shouldn't get these messages. But if one of you didn't bring their phone but, for example, the keys, you will get these messages, yeah.
So I and my wife both have AirTags. Every time we take a walk together, we both get notifications that there's an unknown AirTag with us (each others'). You can pause these notifications for just one day, which means we get notified every single day. Does anyone know how to disable this for specific known AirTags?
Are your Apple accounts in a Family Sharing group? I have no idea if that would affect this feature, but my wife and I also have AirTags on our keys and we travel together plenty and have never received this notification.
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It’s doesn’t require the U1 chip.
3 days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPqiQiKN284 I see: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/apple-airtag-tips Not so good for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.trac...
AirTags don’t require the U1 chip. It is required for precision finding.
Seems like I’m entertaining a bad faith argument.
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Good to know. We don't have burner phones over here, and can't verify, however I thought their SIM cards were locked so that they couldn't be used on other devices.
Where I live (NL) you don't even need to buy a whole phone, anonymous prepaid sim cards don't require any ID to purchase.