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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by mardifoufs »

jmull wrote: post #204
elzbardico wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of those thiefs are not hardened criminals, because the payoff for this kind of crime is usually a small fraction of the actual value of the things stolen. Most of time it is the average wimpy addict and the reason he resort to this kind of criminal activity is preciselly because he is not ready for the violent potential of more profitable criminal activities. If you relativelly fit, and have some experience wi…

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What does dignity and cowardice have to do with manhood? That's a weird projection of toxic masculinity. Not wanting to get your stuff stolen helplessly isn't about manhood at all, it's more about dignity, which is a basic human right.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by canucker2016 »

grujicd wrote: post #152
Grazester wrote: post #88

Who leaves 10K worth of anything in their car? I get antsy leaving my $200 laptop hidden under my seat! This person is crazy. There is also no guarantee they person who stole the bag wouldn't dump the bag(with the hidden AirTag) and just keep the gear or that the police would help recover it even if you gave them the location(many times the don't).

It's not very risky to leave expensive items in the car, but in the trunk, not on the backseat! Also, never put these expensive items or really any kind of bag in the trunk after you park. Always do it before the ride. Or at least make very sure that no one is watching you. This is a basic safety drill. And it doesn't apply to expensive things only. You don't want your window broken for a sport bag with a sweaty t-sh…

...except when you're still in the car, while driving in San Francisco.

Photographer had their camera bag stolen from their car while waiting to get on to an on-ramp in San Fran. see https://www.ktvu.com/news/real-estate-photographer-robbed-of...

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by runjake »

jmull wrote: post #81

I know this is useful (for something), but I'm stuck on the plot holes in the motivating story... Why didn't they replace the battery when the app complained? How long would a thief really keep the AirTag anyway? If the thief did keep the AirTag and you tracked them down, then what? A confrontation has a fairly high chance to have a worse result than losing some equipment. You could try to get the police to do it, bu…

  > They're really for something lost, not stolen. Generally, they are specifically designed to not work well in adversarial situations.
In practice, AirTags tell you where it is, which is useful for lost or stolen items.

What you do with that information is a whole other topic outside this scope.

I've recovered or helped recover several stolen items located with an AirTag and I'll keep on buying them as long as they're good for both.

So far in the cases I've been involved, the thief wasn't aware of the AirTag. In some cases, they had iPhones on them. I'm not sure why they did not get an "AirTag is following you" notification, or why they ignored it.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by unclad5968 »

jmull wrote: post #204
elzbardico wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of those thiefs are not hardened criminals, because the payoff for this kind of crime is usually a small fraction of the actual value of the things stolen. Most of time it is the average wimpy addict and the reason he resort to this kind of criminal activity is preciselly because he is not ready for the violent potential of more profitable criminal activities. If you relativelly fit, and have some experience wi…

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"if you don't let people steal your stuff you're not a real man!"

That was awfully presumptuous and condescending. I think the people advocating we let thieves take our things are the ones who need some updates.

Ad hominem attacks aside, you're presenting a false dichotomy. There is nothing mutually exclusive about analysis and violence.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by HPsquared »

reaperducer wrote: post #227
jmull wrote: post #81

I know this is useful (for something), but I'm stuck on the plot holes in the motivating story... Why didn't they replace the battery when the app complained? How long would a thief really keep the AirTag anyway? If the thief did keep the AirTag and you tracked them down, then what? A confrontation has a fairly high chance to have a worse result than losing some equipment. You could try to get the police to do it, bu…

You could try to get the police to do it, but that's going to take more time, during which the thief is even more likely to ditch the AirTag. During the most recent American election I saw at least three news stories on television about campaign sign thieves being tracked down through the use of AirTags put in one of the signs. To my surprise, in each case the police were right there, and in two of the cases, the sig…

Aren't the news stories subject to survivorship bias though? They wouldn't be as likely to report a boring "sign stolen, thief unknown" story.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by fragmede »

whycome wrote: post #148
Osyris wrote: post #94

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I've been wanting exactly this for so long. I want to bury an AirTag in my luggage, backpack, etc. and never think about it again. In those scenarios, it doesn't _need_ to be tiny. I'd rather trade compactness for longevity. However, an AirTag attached to my keys _should_ be small and it's easily accessible so I don't mind swapping the battery as needed.

I fully expect Apple to release the airTag in different form factors. They can then also sell a whole bunch of new accessories. A 'pen' form factor with replaceable AAAA battery might be perfect for myself.

They've licensed the technology, so you can get an airtag in, eg, the form factor of a credit card.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by [deleted] »

criddell wrote: post #118
tonymet wrote: post #109

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order results from consequences. it's ok if you want to be timid, but don't shame others for helping restore order.

Is fear of punishment the main reason you aren't out there stealing the things you want and killing those who get in your way?

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Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by aaron695 »

kstrauser wrote: post #189
encoderer wrote: post #102

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There exists a small percentage of men who will go absolutely savage on somebody for stealing from them, and the existence of those people is probably a bigger crime deterrent than the police. So I say, shine on you crazy air tag tracking vigilante diamonds.

I don't want someone to put razor wire on their catalytic converters so that it slices thieves' fingers off. I do, however, wish to leave the impression with thieves that perhaps my catalytic converter is protected by insanity armor.

Razor wire is called that because it looks like a razor.

The danger is about the pointy shape.

I'd be careful climbing it, if you fall/slip it's way worse than barbed wire. (Not sure how to do it tactically)

I don't think it's that unethical to put it around the cat if it's obvious. It might be a danger in an accident or something.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_wire

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