This is called "security by obscurity." It's better to be proactive about these things than to hope that more people don't figure out the security hole.
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Apple AirTag Linked to Increasing Number of Car Thefts, Canadian Police Report
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I can say that AirTag hidden in both, my car and my backpack are never way from me for 48 hours.....they are either at home or, in the case of the car, in the commuter parking lot for 8 to maybe 12 hours
Tile relies on tile users only, so not many. AirTags use iPhones which are everywhere.
Expensive cars worth stealing don't exist only in rich/gated neighborhoods. Think of all the Ford Raptors and other high-end pickups purchased with zero interest 7-year loans sitting in middle-class driveways. The trackers may also be a way to know when that owner is not home and an easier burglary target.
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Right but as a wannabe (rich) one pays up for a car/truck, they are likely to be going out of their way to better care for that vehicle. Even if I go back to poor college day income but find some way to afford a Raptor or similar, I'm not going to park it on the street or in a driveway. If I have nothing better than that for taking care of what might be my most valuable asset (for which I'm deeply in debt to have at that time), I probably don't buy that kind of asset yet.
Airtag jammed into a slit in a car will have no way to tell thieves if owners are home or not. For that, you would need to get more airtags jammed into the owner(s) themselves, so the thief could see that owner(s) are away from vehicle. And even then, how does the thief know that untagged grandpa/grandma is not home with a shotgun and an itch to prove him/herself useful.
Airtag jammed into a slit in a car will have no way to tell thieves if owners are home or not. For that, you would need to get more airtags jammed into the owner(s) themselves, so the thief could see that owner(s) are away from vehicle. And even then, how does the thief know that untagged grandpa/grandma is not home with a shotgun and an itch to prove him/herself useful.
<sarcasm>Activation lock obviously. I have three cars in the driveway right now that I cannot access.</sarcasm>
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Because that won’t fix anything about the topic at hand…
said:Because that won’t fix anything about the topic at hand…
In the movies you don't need AirTags. Movie plots have had vehicle trackers since before you could actually track a vehicleMeh. Wake me up when a new Gone In 60 Seconds movie comes out whose plot hinges on the usage of Air Tags.
CarPlay is powered by the iPhone, probably not so helpful to those with Android. I like the comment about Apple adding an Android app to locate tags.
Well said. A thief might also glue their iPhone to your car - same “issue” at the end of the day.
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Nothing will stop attaching a physical tracking device to the car. You make no sense.
Nothing will stop attaching a physical tracking device to the car. You make no sense.
My car has a tracker. Does this make it recursive, if borrowed?
Tracking the trackers with a tracker? That could be a Dr. Seuss story.
In your case the irony would be on the thief once you beat them with their own weapons.
In other news today,
non-tech savvy Car Thieves, have to use the age-old but antiquated method, of actually having to surreptitiously follow that Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S., back to the owners driveway.
The police have encouraged these car owners to stop pretending they look so cool and instead, be extra vigilant watching the rear view mirror, for that one car on the crowded highway, that has been tailing you since you left the art auction.
Police also do not blame any corporation or technology, for these thefts. They place 100% of the blame on these victims for being too egocentric and wealthy
Well said, but at least this fake news creates some outrage somewhere on the web.
No, the thieves looked into this, saw it was way more expensive than the stuff they can get elsewhere and paid no attention to it. If this is getting spread to anyone who didn’t already know, I’d guess it would be YouTubers. We should see in a few weeks!
How dare you add common sense to the discussion!
well from what it sounds like, the apple car will be stolen immediately!