If we could share AirTags between multiple Apple IDs, that issue would resolve automatically, wouldn’t it?
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iOS 15.4 Beta 4 Includes AirTags Anti-Stalking Changes
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We track our Apple TV remotes. As a parental control measure my wife or I usually hide the remote in any number of locations. The kids don’t even search for them, because they know they are well hidden. Once, we lost a remote for about three months, because neither of us could remember which had hidden it and where. Now our remotes are equipped with AirTags (which ought to be built-in, by the way, in the next hopefully soon-to-be-released version of the remote) but only keyed to my Apple ID.
We are using one of these:
eBay link to Fosmon Case for Apple TV 4K 2021 Remote with AirTag Slot
and one of these:
Amazon link to AhaStyle Protective Case for Apple TV Remote with AirTag Holder
We are using one of these:
eBay link to Fosmon Case for Apple TV 4K 2021 Remote with AirTag Slot
and one of these:
Amazon link to AhaStyle Protective Case for Apple TV Remote with AirTag Holder
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AirTag: Hey thief, just let you know, you are stealing. My owner gonna come get you.
Thief: You are stalking me, it's a crime, I'm gonna call the police.
Well nowhere on Apple’s AirTag page says anything about using these to track stolen items. If you want to assume that they could be used for that, that’s on you, not Apple.
You can try to use a screwdriver as a pry bar, because it looks like it could do the job, but when it bends or breaks, you can’t fault Craftsman because nowhere in their description of the screwdriver does it say, “Do not use as a pry bar”.
The fact that you feel the value of these is reduced comes from the fact that you overestimated the use of them.
Well you need to try and think of this in use…
1. People are only alerted if the AirTag is FOLLOWNIG them for a certain amount of time/distance. If you leave something behind, like say your bag in a restaurant… it will never alert anyone about being tracked.
2. If you leave it in your Uber ride, more than likely if that Uber driver is alerted, they will attempt to look for it, find your bag, and then hopefully contact you - and that’s if you haven’t already contacted them, which you most likely would have.
3. If someone did in fact steal that bag, the odds are extremely small that they would travel around with it long enough for the alert to kick in. More than likely, the thief went through the bag, took what they wanted and dumped the rest.
Yea I refuse that. Is even worse to have the stalking alert all the time for everything we share…. Apple is mindebogg
That'd suck for this person... So my child's AirTags was taken from school. It's reporting a location in a house. What would you do?
Or for the various folks who get notifications when driving their spouse's car or other completely innocent instances.
... but sure, let's flood the police with a bunch of false reports.
I posted this elsewhere - perhaps it could help you until there's actual family sharing?
I ran across this in an Apple Support document:
Would turning off the alerts indefinitely solve the issue when swapping vehicles? Sure, you wouldn't be able to find your wife's keys without her help, so true family sharing would still be good to have.
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I am glad Apple is trying to beef up anti-stalking. I will say this, I find the AirTags on my keys a lifesaver. I plan to outfit my travel luggage with them. I know they are not perfect, but they certainly work better for this Apple guy than the Tile.
Good effort, but I'm not sure this is enough to make AirTags 100% safe.
I feel just barely safe...and I have an iPhone.
Anyway would I get the "unknown airtag" allert even if I don't use find my?
I feel just barely safe...and I have an iPhone.
Anyway would I get the "unknown airtag" allert even if I don't use find my?
I have an idea. How about when you set up an Airtag you are required to take a detailed photo of your face? That picture is then viewable by anyone that finds your airtag. Not only might it deter criminals but would make it easier to identify the owner of a found item.
True that someone might contact me. But if someone decides not to contact me, as long as the AirTag is not disabled or destroyed, I can still track it. The question is: is it more likely that whomever finds my stuff is someone with good intent or with ill intent.