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Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability

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Re: Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability

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Post by ghaff »

ahmeneeroe-v2 wrote: post #289
plingamp wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My car got broken into in Oakland, California. Multiple pieces of luggage stolen (yes, my fault for leaving it in the car in the first place). Luckily I had an AirTag that showed the exact location of the stolen items. I called the police but they said they couldn't do anything. Apparently, even if I had the location the thief would have to invite them in. Regardless, I was put on a waiting list, they finally called…

It's not your fault for leaving your property in your car. Wild to say that.

Outside of some bad areas of some cities, in New England leaving property in cars is perfectly normal.

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Post by chasil »

throwaway290 wrote: post #95
prodigycorp wrote: post #68

The greatest success of AirTags is its silent refutation of the clamoring concern trolling. It's been, what, six years now? The media would pay hand over fist for an airtags stalking story and how many have there actually been?

You mean how many where perp was caught?

The woman who ran over her cheating boyfriend was caught.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/woman-allegedly-tracks-boyfriend-w...

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Post by rationalist »

_ph_ wrote: post #218
kstrauser wrote: post #122

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That’s so odd! They’ve worked exactly as promised for me. I never, ever get warnings about my own tags, or my wife’s tags that she’s shared with me. Not even once. And yesterday I used them to find my keys that the cats had relocated to across the house. I don’t have any explanation for how our experiences could be so different, but they are. Mine even did the cool thing where you can watch your luggage move through…

Just found out that the one active remaining tag on my keychain stopped working in September without me noticing.

It seems like Apple should notify users that their AirTag disappeared and ask them if they would like instructions on replacing the battery or to remove it from their account.

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Post by stephenr »

Noaidi wrote: post #92
logicalfails wrote: post #6

> The new AirTag is designed with the environment in mind, with 85 percent recycled plastic in the enclosure, 100 percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and 100 percent recycled gold plating in all Apple-designed printed circuit boards. The paper packaging is 100 percent fiber-based and can be easily recycled. I'm no material scientist, but this seems pretty impressive to me that Apple's economy of scal…

Just stating the obvious that not buying one of these things that we never seemed to need until they told us we needed it is the only way to have "the environment in mind".

> one of these things that we never seemed to need until they told us we needed it

Found the guy who literally never leaves his studio apartment and has thus never lost baggage, keys, etc.

Re: Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability

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Post by rationalist »

chasil wrote: post #345
throwaway290 wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean how many where perp was caught?

The woman who ran over her cheating boyfriend was caught. https://www.ktvu.com/news/woman-allegedly-tracks-boyfriend-w...

I'm guessing murder is probably easier to prove than rape.

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Post by ShakataGaNai »

josephg wrote: post #310

I wish they made airtags in different form factors. I've gotten into photography lately. I'd love to slip an airtag into more places - ideally within the housing of my camera bodies themselves. But, there's not really any room to put an airtag on or in a camera given the current airtag form factor. You can get camera cages with secret compartments for airtags. And lens caps which take an airtag. But they take up a lo…

The better solution is the route that Insta360 took with the Go Ultra. The camera has embedded "Find My" technology. No Airtag or hiding things required, the entire camera is the tag.

All we need to do is get more camera companies to follow suit.

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