Apple is convinced my dog is stalking me
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Apple is convinced my dog is stalking me
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Re: Apple is convinced my dog is stalking me
#2TLDR: Author has an airtag on their dog
Re: Apple is convinced my dog is stalking me
#3TLDR: Author has an airtag on their dog
seriously...
Re: Apple is convinced my dog is stalking me
#4Well that is what dogs do.
Re: Apple is convinced my dog is stalking me
#5This but airpods.
The last few months when I go out I get notifications that some airpods are following me. As if someone dropped one in my jacket pocket specifically to follow me around popular bars, as opposed to someone else just going to the same popular local bars.
The first time it was screenshot worthy at best. I'm not the demographic to have predatory tactics done towards me, the likelihood was too small.
The following times its just a nuisance, a conversation starter for a pickup improv skit.
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#6I recently bought a bunch of AirTags for my family: for our keys, our bike, our luggage.
Annoyingly, every AirTag needs to be linked to a single iPhone. Even when everyone belongs to the same Family. AirTags also make annoying sounds every time I grab my keys to go out.
They’re still the best UX on the market, but I wish Apple would improve the UX just a bit more. Maybe their policy folks are worried about news stories about people using AirTags to stalk, which is unfortunately a reasonable fear.
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#7For some reason my iPhone has started warning me someone’s iPods are following me. But they are my own iPods as registered in Find My.
Re: Apple is convinced my dog is stalking me
#8I recently bought a bunch of AirTags for my family: for our keys, our bike, our luggage. Annoyingly, every AirTag needs to be linked to a single iPhone. Even when everyone belongs to the same Family. AirTags also make annoying sounds every time I grab my keys to go out. They’re still the best UX on the market, but I wish Apple would improve the UX just a bit more. Maybe their policy folks are worried about news stori…
I definitely think there should be a way to attach tags to a family.
Like the original article I use one in my dog. I know it’s not the purported use, but it has and does work for us.
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#9Given all the edge cases with AirTags (i.e., everything from "dog stalker" to actual stalkers), I get the sense Apple didn't bother to do much adversarial usability testing on these things. They made a thing because it's cool tech, damn everything else, if you don't like it then tough shit.
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#10A “Trust this AirTag” option, perhaps requiring the AirTag’s owner’s device to be involved as well, could solve this issue.