That's what I said.
But it seems Apple will open it's Find My network to Tile amongst others.
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But it seems Apple will open it's Find My network to Tile amongst others.
Jon clearly hasn't looked outside in a while—there's plenty of people out and about. Maybe that's why we're still in this.
I remember reading that thread live.. I feel so old now...
It's not even announced as a product but let's say your speculation is correct. That would be the reason to use the Airtag over Tile since the chances of finding your lost tag would be exponentially increased. As for the crowdsourcing tracking, perhaps there might be some additional location services permission.
well hello there old timer.
you must be old enough to remember the ThinkSecret lawsuit over the firewire breakout audio device that never happened, too.
You would probably have to put one in her sushi platter every day. Does she eat a sushi platter everyday? Well, maybe only every other day if she gets constipated?
Yes, it was rolled out with 14.3. However, I don’t know if any third-party manufacturers have started using it yet
Thank you. OMG is this guy ever annoying. I couldn’t have stood for than 30 seconds of him, so an offset was helpful for preserving sanity.
As annoying as Prosser is, he usually has the first dig at a rumor
I do notice he doesn't cover Mac rumors at all. Excuse the pun.
I do notice he doesn't cover Mac rumors at all. Excuse the pun.
Is that what the kids call it now?
Asteroid I think is what the codename was, I didn’t become active in the forums until 2002 but I remember all that stuff. Like the original elevator Apple product shots.well hello there old timer.
Edit: I can’t type
How are we taking Jon Prosser seriously?? Why is he still front page news? I always knew he had a spotty track record, but I never actually heard him speak. Watching 2 minutes of that video I was visibly cringing on how unprofessional and uneducated he actually is. (Apple already has my fingerprint, and my face? No. It does not. It’s stored on-device, encrypted on the Secure Enclave. Do a quick Google search jonny boy.)
side note, that video of the airtags if legit looks like they may ACTUALLY be user replaceable batteries. It’s thick enough to put a watch battery in it looks like! One can only hope. Curious how we’re gonna attach these to anything though, there’s no loop holes. Time will tell.
side note, that video of the airtags if legit looks like they may ACTUALLY be user replaceable batteries. It’s thick enough to put a watch battery in it looks like! One can only hope. Curious how we’re gonna attach these to anything though, there’s no loop holes. Time will tell.
Working for Facebook/Oculus, Apple has a lot of catching up to do. The sales of the Oculus 2 are massive. I was selling like 20 a day at the store I was supporting. I have not had units to sell in three and a half weeks! And VR software sales are up 400 percent over last 2 months. Competition is good and makes it better for all consumers. But the Oculus Quest 2 is my first VR headset and it is crazy good!
I have no doubt these could be big sellers but I do see two possible unintended consequences:
1. As previous users mentioned (in jest) they could be covertly used as tracking devices by stalkers or suspicious significant others. If Apple makes it easy to track location via a wider range and at lower cost it could become more tempting for people to do it because of the ease of implementing it.
2. This could also cause more disstisfaction with law enforcement (esp. in the United States) where it is under seige by constant reporting of malfeasance by the mainstream media. I have reported multiple cases of theft that involves filling out a police report that goes nowhere. In the case of an iPhone of a family member, I was able to determine the exact location of the phone (via Find My) and reported it to the local authorities and was essentially told to fill out a report and not to expect anything. I would imagine this would be a common scenario for most people.
At this point, I could only think of a couple of things I might use the AirTags for: keys, car & backpack or passport during travel. In all of these instances it would be for finding the lost item as opposed to recovering it if it was stolen.
well if Prosser says so it must be true ... like we got a new AppleTV last year
I’m not watching that persons YouTube video just to see the possible animation. He deserves no money for that.
That’s YouTube for you. They all do that just so they can make more money.
That's Prosser for you. He's one of the kings of clickbaiting, second perhaps only to BelluarGaming