Apple Introduces AirTag

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Post by davidbarker » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:14 PM UTC

Apple Introduces AirTag
apple.com

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Post by vonsydov » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

Where are the designers at Apple?

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Post by dippydipdips » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:27 PM UTC

Interesting that I never knew the “Find My” network has all my devices participating in finding other people’s devices, but I’m not surprised. Another reason I leave Bluetooth off by default.

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Post by asadlionpk » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:28 PM UTC

dippydipdips wrote: post #3

Interesting that I never knew the “Find My” network has all my devices participating in finding other people’s devices, but I’m not surprised. Another reason I leave Bluetooth off by default.

What's wrong with that?

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Post by eneloopy » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:29 PM UTC

Would have been nice to have an attachment hole on the device itself, rather than requiring you purchase accessories to attach to a set of keys, for example.

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Post by freddyheppell » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:29 PM UTC

I'm pleasantly surprised these have user-replaceable standard button batteries, definitely wasn't expecting that.

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Post by madengr » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:30 PM UTC

It will be interesting to see/do a teardown of this. I'm wondering if the UWB is separate from the Bluetooth (which I assume is 5.0), though it's probably in a single ASIC.

This claims the UWB is at 6 and 8 GHz, but they fail to show the antennas.

https://www.techinsights.com/blog/apple-iphone-11-pro-max-te...

Now we see that Apple patents slot antennas; what a load of shit:

https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2020/08/apple-p...

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Post by carlosdp » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:30 PM UTC

dippydipdips wrote: post #3

Interesting that I never knew the “Find My” network has all my devices participating in finding other people’s devices, but I’m not surprised. Another reason I leave Bluetooth off by default.

It's privacy preserving with a rotating key scheme, there's a cool whitepaper about it that I'm having trouble finding right now, but here's an article: https://www.wired.com/story/apple-find-my-cryptography-bluet...

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Post by WORMS_EAT_WORMS » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:30 PM UTC

If I was evil and stuck these to ex-girlfriend/boyfriend car or something, illegal?

Edit: Downvoters. I am not doing this obviously. Am asking as this is the clear abuse I see. Tracking people without permission.

I see this as being a weird legal thing we hear about down the road.

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Post by athorax » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:31 PM UTC

eneloopy wrote: post #5

Would have been nice to have an attachment hole on the device itself, rather than requiring you purchase accessories to attach to a set of keys, for example.

The holder accessories are as/more expensive as the tracker itself lol

> Apple-designed AirTag accessories include the Leather Key Ring in Saddle Brown, (PRODUCT)RED, and Baltic Blue for $35 (US); the Leather Loop in Saddle Brown and (PRODUCT)RED for $39 (US); and the Polyurethane Loop in White, Deep Navy, Sunflower, and Electric Orange for $29 (US).