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Apple Introduces AirTag
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#92Does anyone know if this works in 3D? Could it be used to find in which floor a car was parked, for example?
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
That’s in the article too. It will start beeping when moved if it’s following someone that’s not the owner for a while.
So if a thief steals my jacket with an AirTag inside, some time later it’ll start beeping? At which point he’ll discard the AirTag and I won’t be able to track down my jacket. Kinda lame.
Not if the alert is delayed
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#94This is directly competing with Tile[0] which you can buy 2 for 39.99. I guess the integration with Find My app would be pretty convenient but probably not worth the price difference? [0] https://www.thetileapp.com/en-us/store/tiles/sticker
The U1 might be a big differentiator - a lot more fine tuned way of determining the presence (spatially) of where the airtag is
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#95I thought one of the big use cases for this was to track stolen items, like a backpack or maybe even a bicycle. But the "anti-stalking" feature will notify someone if an AirTag they don't own appears to be traveling with them. Does this render it useless for anti-theft, then? Since it will just notify a thief that the bike they just stole is being tracked, and they can look for the AirTag and throw it in the nearest…
Does anti-stalking only work for Apple users? I assume it won't notify someone who doesn't have an Apple phone, making it kinda useless for half the population.
The article isn't entirely clear, but suggests that it will use the network of iOS devices around it and that the AirTag will start beeping as well.
Seems like it should be able to detect that it's always traveling together with a single Android phone's WiFi signal, for example.
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#96This is truly revolutionary for pet owners. All existing solutions I know of have at least one fault-intolerant property that makes them useless for the lost-pet use case (battery / size / unreliable connection coverage / etc.) If I understand correctly Apple tags solve all of these at once.
This was my first thought. Is there any downside to putting one on my dog?
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#97I’m thinking about placing it inside my car
Yes - especially curious if it works in 3D, e.g., in a parking garage.
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#98If 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.
From the link: "iOS devices can also detect an AirTag that isn’t with its owner, and notify the user if an unknown AirTag is seen to be traveling with them from place to place over time."
That's cool and all, but how do they handle a trainload of people all going the same direction sitting near each other? I mean public transportation is still a thing.
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#99Considering world environmental issues we should slow down consumerism around the world rather than accelerate it.
For me it looks like a useless piece of tech in a long run (30-50 years).
My opinion
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#100The "commercial" they used to introduce this during the event was hilarious and awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbApA2JLZ_c