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Muscle Car Owner Targeted With Hidden AirTag Placed by Thieves
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They don't have to be worried about being spotted if they are tailing a car that they're scouting, or driving by at various hours to make sure it's still there.
It's a convenient stealth tracker if the user isn't alerted to it if they have a new enough smartphone with updated enough software to detect it.
Just an FYI for the article authors, but GPS trackers have existed for quite a while
It is far more efficient, and draws no attention, to patrol mall parking lots for target cars, than it is to cruise neighborhood streets looking for a target.
Good article
How Do Apple AirTags Work? Ultra-Wideband Explained
Apple's AirTags are a new take on tracking often-lost items. But the technology that powers them is nothing new. Here's what you need to know about ultra-wideband (UWB).www.pcmag.com
I'm aware of what UWB is, thanks. It's only used in AirTags for pinpointing items within 30 ft or so, not for the Find My network.
True, assuming the AirTag is within range of an iPhone.
No one is saying anyone is lying. But he can’t know why the tracker was put on his car. He’s guessing.
If I was driving a 2018 Dodge Charger and thought someone else was going to steal it I would make sure my insurance was paid up and jump for joy. 
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Wait, so if a thief steals my motorcycle that i've hidden an AirTag on, apple will just let the thief know where my AirTag is hidden so they can track sit down and remove it?! that completely defeats the purpose of why I bought them in the first place!
This theory makes a whole lot more sense.......the location of the drain plug in the trunk is not something a regular thief is going to go through the trouble to find and use.
Apple intended AirTags to track lost items, not stolen ones.
bud the only person or entity on earth that needs to do *anything* is you. and *you* need to *read* before you go straight to the comment field.
you also might want to consider that a decent amount of those tiktok videos are possibly, idk, staged? like many other acted out videos on tiktok, youtube, facebook....everywhere else on the internet.
That’s like Mars saying “we sold you those M&Ms as an ice cream topper not for cookies.”
The only problem I have with AirTags is that they can only be tied to a person, not a family. This means that when my husband takes the dogs for a walk, he gets a notification that he is being followed by an unknown AirTag. Annoying for items we share.
Actually, it's more like Mars saying “we sold you those M&Ms to eat, not to use as a defensive weapon.”
I bet they have but the target never knew it because the Tiles didn’t have the anti-stalking feature. I have no proof or evidence, but the thought is logical.
Opportunity. A potential thief can spot a target in a public place like a parking lot and track the target until it’s in a more opportune location for the theft.
This article details it, in case you didn't read it. However, people can use airTags not just for tracking vehicles but they could use them to track people. Thinks ex-girlfriends/wifes/spouses/partners or children. The notifications are not sufficient, if you live in a highly populated area you will grow tired and accepting of the notifications. AirTags are an invasion of privacy and I as the iPhone owner should be able to disallow my device that I paid big money for to not be used against me, in any way.
So if I am being tracked, will this message pop up on my phone automatically or is there a setting I need to have turned on?