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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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My $2 version: https://img.alicdn.com/bao/uploaded/i3/278427340/O1CN01LBluO... https://img.alicdn.com/bao/uploaded/i3/278427340/O1CN01qLKoY... https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i4/4611686018427384736/O1CN0... https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/4611686018427381970/O1CN0...

The airtag case doesn't have a gap large enough to allow a regular wire to pass through. I guess you'd need to drill the cover, or just discard the cover and use tape. Then you could use one of these dummy batteries:

https://www.aliexpress.us/w/wholesale-cr2032-dummy.html

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

#432

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Just be careful! In SOME jurisdictions, you can get in trouble for 'stealing' if you take back something that was stolen. Possession vs Ownership are 2 different things. For instance, the thief may have stolen something, sold it to someone who bought it in good-faith, and you take it back from that person, it's technically theft! File a police report, go through the right channels. If you know its yours, call the pol…

I’d be curious what jurisdiction that is true. In my jurisdiction in the US it doesn’t matter if someone purchased the stolen goods or not, the goods still belong to the owner. This is sometimes called the "nemo dat" rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_dat_quod_non_habet The person buying the stolen goods would need to file a claim against the thief to recover their money, but the goods still belong to the origi…

How would they even prove that if it's in the open? "Stolen? No idea, I've always had that bike, I just forgot where I left it last time. Went and got it back. By the way, here's the receipt."

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

#433

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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.

Another useful form factor would be the battery itself. Replace one of your AAAs with an AAAirTag, albeit at the expense of some mAh.

Great idea. You could probably use a lithium battery to give you similar mAh.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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If you’re the type of person who forgets to change a battery every year, in spite of Find My app warning you a couple of times, most likely you’ll forget to change it in a decade too

Yeah I've not forgotten yet, the warnings were pretty impressive. Key is to have a few replacements on hand so you dont have to remember to buy them.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

#435
This is cool, but i can see simple improvement. You're supposed to discard airtag backplate, but the capsule is big enough to provide compartment for storing it. Just in case that you decide to re-use that airtag in some other way in upcomming 10 years... I think that would be neat addition.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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If it’s left anywhere in the open at anytime, you can repossess it legally as well. This happens with auto repossessions all the time. You don’t owe anyone an explanation as it’s yours - just take it if you can do so safely.

Not everywhere. In Sweden that would be a crime (a little bit depending on what you mean left in the open).

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Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

#437

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If it’s left anywhere in the open at anytime, you can repossess it legally as well. This happens with auto repossessions all the time. You don’t owe anyone an explanation as it’s yours - just take it if you can do so safely.

Just be careful! In SOME jurisdictions, you can get in trouble for 'stealing' if you take back something that was stolen. Possession vs Ownership are 2 different things. For instance, the thief may have stolen something, sold it to someone who bought it in good-faith, and you take it back from that person, it's technically theft! File a police report, go through the right channels. If you know its yours, call the pol…

the police often won't do anything

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

#438

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If it’s left anywhere in the open at anytime, you can repossess it legally as well. This happens with auto repossessions all the time. You don’t owe anyone an explanation as it’s yours - just take it if you can do so safely.

Not everywhere. In Sweden that would be a crime (a little bit depending on what you mean left in the open).

What kind of anarcho-tyranny is that?

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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I’d be curious what jurisdiction that is true. In my jurisdiction in the US it doesn’t matter if someone purchased the stolen goods or not, the goods still belong to the owner. This is sometimes called the "nemo dat" rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_dat_quod_non_habet The person buying the stolen goods would need to file a claim against the thief to recover their money, but the goods still belong to the origi…

That is probably mostly a common law thing, and as the article notes > however, in many cases, more than one innocent party is involved, making judgment difficult for courts and leading to numerous exceptions to the general rule that aim to give a degree of protection to bona fide purchasers and original owners > The person buying the stolen goods would need to file a claim against the thief to recover their money Ge…

> in many cases, more than one innocent party is involved, making judgment difficult for courts and leading to numerous exceptions to the general rule that aim to give a degree of protection to bona fide purchasers and original owners

The next sentence is:

> The possession of the good of title will be with the original owner.

So you seem to be wrong there. The innocent buyer needs to file a claim against the thief, the original owner retails their title. It is explained in more detail later on.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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There are countless examples of police not knowing the law. If you talk to them in person, it should be to get an idea of what they'll do, which may or may not have something to do with what's legal. If you want legal advice, ask a lawyer with experience in the relevant area.

You don't want legal advice. You know where your stolen bike is, so you call the police. I think that's the usual process. Probably they will verify that the bike is yours, and retrieve it, or they will say that they don't have the resources. Are people imagining that the police will say that you can go take the bike, but then turn around and arrest you for theft? Of course, if the police tell you "finders keepers; i…

> Are people imagining that the police will say that you can go take the bike, but then turn around and arrest you for theft?

People are imagining the police will tell you that you can't steal it back, when legally you can.

After all, it's the police's job to keep the peace. And things are more peaceful if I'm not busting up thieves' hideouts all guns blazing like Rambo.

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