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AirTag Hidden in Stuffed Animal Nabs Bar Thief
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if only he had an iphone to alert that he is being tracked. hope he sues apple for this horrible violation of his privacy and misues of the air tags that are clearly not mean to be used to deter theft.
I'm just a few years older than him and that's exactly what I was thinking.
Good to hear that the person was caught
We have 75+ year olds who wear suits and ties.... and they STEAL all the time. They are called elected Politicians.
Will no longer work since Google will roll out an update to detect Airtags.
You might be surprised. It's an easy win for them to get success/completion/conviction figures up.
You would think law enforcement might offer AirTags free to local businesses - it would surely more than pay for itself. Or if I sold safes I would include them free.
1. Yes, although the cost…
2. No, as they may not be as good if they require GPS plus a transmitter when you can’t get a line of sight to a satellite.
They did that in New York and boy you should see the hate on this forum.
There are plenty of people far lower than thieves...estate agents, recruiters, solicitors, bitcoin enthusiasts, tesla fans etc
The more aware thieves are already not getting caught ; so you are correct it's the morons that do.
I have one on my doxie as she has a habit of hiding in the house and that lets me find her and know she didn't escape outside.
Sure it can, much like today. As was pointed out, a Faraday cage and not moving will limit notifications.
While I think this is a great use of an airtag, wasn't Apple's stance that it should be used to find your own items, and not used to track your stolen goods, because of potentially abuse of an airtag for stalking? And wasn't Apple actively making it so that you couldn't use it for that purpose, by notifying anyone not owning the airtag (if that person has an iPhone) and by emitting a sound that "you are carrying an airtag with you" ?
Mostly wondering why the thief wasn't notified of carrying an airtag in this case...
Mostly wondering why the thief wasn't notified of carrying an airtag in this case...
They weren’t making it that couldn’t use it for that purpose, they were adding some safeguards. And they reiterated that its primary use is for finding your own property.
But that’s exactly what has happened here. They tracked their stolen property. A bit different to attaching to someone.
With regard to your main point. I found this.
Apple has implemented safety mechanisms within AirTag that include a feature that plays a sound when an AirTag hasn't been near its paired iPhone for at least three days. Additionally, users will receive an alert at a random period between eight and 24 hours once an unknown AirTag has been detected traveling with them.
He stole the safe, because it is easier to take it and break in later rather than risk having set off an alarm and teh police showing up while you are trying to open it. He had no idea what was inside until he got it home and opened it; in his mind it was "Safe = money = steal = open at home;" leaving out "=being tracked = busted"
Or CEO, or VC bro, or banker, or "entrepreneur"...
Still, it is nice the societal leech from this article has been plucked off. Being in the hospitality industry these days is hard enough.
"... he was able to be connected ..." 🤮 who writes this stuff? That's the ugliest implementation of the passive voice that I've ever seen. How about "Police tracked the AirTag to the thief's home and connected him to multiple other burglaries in the area."