Bike Theft AirTag Log Data?

[bluegecko7]

Hi all,
Sadly my road bike was stolen in London last week.
I had an AirTag hidden on it and was chasing its location with the police as it was being peddled away.
The thief obviously didn't notice it until roughly 30mins after the theft when I assume their phone got a ping to say they had an AirTag travelling with them that wasn't theirs, at which point they located and removed the tag, leaving it in a bin on a residential street.

I'm curious, does anyone happen to know if Apple are able to pull the iCloud logging data of the device(s) in range at a date and time to help find them?
I work in IT and feel there must be logging data out there that could help here.

 

[kitKAC]

AirTags are part of the FindMy network, which is end-to-end encrypted.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/sec6cbc80fd0/1/web/1

The final paragraph answers your question, I think.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Apple will tell you that AirTags are for lost/misplaced items, not stolen ones. Too easily defeated (as you found) by a thief - and that’s by design (to prevent “stalking”).