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Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage

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Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage

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Post by bdcravens »

josephcsible wrote: post #465
leifg wrote: post #276

Knowing German I read through the sources. This article is pretty misleading. The [primary source]( https://www.watson.de/leben/urlaub%20&%20freizeit/879935671-... ) is a slightly clickbait article asking the questions: "Are AirTags allowed in checked luggage?". They reached out to Lufthanse asking them. They responded: "Luggage trackers are electronic devices so they have to be turned off when the luggage is checked…

Don't the premises "AirTags are only allowed in checked bags if they're turned off" and "AirTags can't be turned off" lead to the conclusion "AirTags aren't allowed in checked bags"?

The battery can be removed.

Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage

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Post by usrusr »

josephcsible wrote: post #465
leifg wrote: post #276

Knowing German I read through the sources. This article is pretty misleading. The [primary source]( https://www.watson.de/leben/urlaub%20&%20freizeit/879935671-... ) is a slightly clickbait article asking the questions: "Are AirTags allowed in checked luggage?". They reached out to Lufthanse asking them. They responded: "Luggage trackers are electronic devices so they have to be turned off when the luggage is checked…

Don't the premises "AirTags are only allowed in checked bags if they're turned off" and "AirTags can't be turned off" lead to the conclusion "AirTags aren't allowed in checked bags"?

Sure. Just like a bazillion other coin cell powered nrf52 devices. Or like a coin cell powered digital watch. Would an F91-W be allowed in checked luggage? Perhaps not, not unless there is a specific exception. And if you ask some policy communication employee, they won't make up exceptions, they'll apply the rules at hand.

Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage

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Post by adamparsons »

spideymans wrote: post #334
smabie wrote: post #318

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't an unstable network experience better than no network experience?

A lot of apps have cached experiences that they'll only show you if you have no network connection. If the app detects a very weak LTE connection, it'll try to load data over the network. That means that on a weak connection, I often end up being served nothing , rather than the data that's already cached on device. As a tangent, I feel that a lot of these problems are fundamentally because engineers don't understand…

If I “download” music for offline listening in Spotify, in the highest possible quality, and I attempt to listen to that music on a unstable network, the app will not work. It will wait for me to completely lose the connection before playing the cached files. Have noticed similar bugs existing in other software

Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage

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Post by adamparsons »

ungamedplayer wrote: post #461
capableweb wrote: post #257

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That sounds... Improbable. When you were passing over Iceland you must have been far too far above the antennas to receive any sort of signal, unless it landed there on the way across the ocean?

This also happens passing over Sydney to Auckland from Singapore.

Yep, flying Sydney to Perth occasionally passes over Adelaide and I’ll notice my phone change Timezone to Adelaide and get a notification or two come through

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Post by borski »

vineyardmike wrote: post #449
newguynewphone wrote: post #349

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i fly exclusively delta, and i always get asked to turn airplane mode on and any services that transmit audio are explicitly banned while on board (Discord, teams, etc.)

> services that transmit audio are explicitly banned Because taking a call is annoying AF to the 50-100 other people in the shared giant tube. I’ve been seated next to people who insist im not on a call, this is FaceTime and I’ve always wanted to yell at them for their disrespect.

Why don’t you?

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Post by grapescheesee »

Firmwarrior wrote: post #345
core-utility wrote: post #327

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Is the cell phone transmission theater even lifted in the US? I still get asked to turn on airplane mode regularly (though Wi-Fi is okay)

Well, they used to come scream at you if you were reading a Kindle during takeoff, so that part has relaxed at least So far as I know you're supposed to put your phone into airplane mode to turn the cellular radio off, but they don't seem to care if you use bluetooth any more

They are supposed to ask everyone stow devices over 2 lbs.

Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage

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Post by NavinF »

FireBeyond wrote: post #417
NavinF wrote: post #261

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> It’s actually an FCC regulation that requires it I don't believe you. Regardless, I have never used airplane mode on an airplane and I never will.

47 CFR 22.925. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/22.925#:~:text=Cellu... .

Thanks, TIL.

I guess I'll continue to ignore that law :)

Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage

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Post by NavinF »

hacym wrote: post #467
NavinF wrote: post #261

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It’s actually an FCC regulation that requires it I don't believe you. Regardless, I have never used airplane mode on an airplane and I never will.

You don’t follow it so there isn’t an FCC regulation? Cool guy.

"Regardless" implies that I will not follow such a silly law even if it turns out to be real.
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