Someone attached an AirTag to my car while I was in a bar • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by raldi » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

antgiant wrote: post #201

frakkingcylons wrote: post #71

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Not true, no app is necessary. The AirTag will start beeping once it's been separated from its owner for longer than 8-24 hours.

Can’t Apple just provide an option that lets you force “stalking” air tags to beep on command? Seems like doing that could essentially solve this whole class of it’s tracking me but I can’t find it stories.

That would render them useless as an anti-theft product.

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

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Post by pstuart » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 11:34 PM UTC

daenz wrote: post #91

pstuart wrote: post #75

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Not the OP and not advocating to not go to the police, but I'd be shocked if they were of any use at all.

The paper trail is useful.

True if further actions can be taken. When my house was burglarized the police came and investigated and shrugged their shoulders, but their police report was instrumental in filing an insurance claim.

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

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Post by raincom » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 11:39 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #296

avianlyric wrote: post #262

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You can steal the car in a quiet area at night when the odds of being caught are much lower. It allows the criminal to pick the time and place of the crime, rather than it being dictated by luck and coincidence.

Why not drive through a random suburb at night and randomly pick a car?

Car theft rings focus on particular make, model, year.