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New York Police Department Encourages Car Owners to Use AirTags to Deter Theft, 500 Free AirTags Available
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I'm curious how you put ONE on multiple vehicles? Are the bikes and motorcycles permanently mounted to the trailer? 🤣
My motorcycles and half of my cars have lithium batteries
If your car's cabin is getting that hot inside, I'd worry more about that.
There are plenty of places you can put the AirTag outside of the cabin, such as in the trunk or engine compartment.
My car uses a lithium ion battery to power the electronics….
Pretty sad state of affairs that the police need to ask them since they can't deter crime. lol
That said, I was able to retrieve my son's e-bike because of Airtags. I located it, called the police, and got it back. Unfortunately could not get the robber.
That said, I was able to retrieve my son's e-bike because of Airtags. I located it, called the police, and got it back. Unfortunately could not get the robber.
You do you...seems like an odd concern lol. We put one in my Grandfathers car to keep track of him (starting to have memory problems but still loves to drive) and it's been fine for the last year and a half through 100 degree days and -20 degree Michigan Winters.
We don't want to put thieves in jail so here is an Airtag.
The lowlifes will still steal it, because they know the police won’t do anything
Unless it’s a celebrities car or a police officers mistress or something, or somehow it gets on the news, they really don’t care
When my car was broken into and I had thousands of dollars of my possessions stolen, which makes it a felony, I couldn’t get one pd in the region to do anything, and get this, I had the thieves fingerprints. They could have made an arrest, recovered my belongings, some of which irreplaceable, and probably other peoples stuff too. But you know if it was one of them, their car that got broken into, there would have been a swat raid at the suspects house within the hour.
By giving out AirTags it seems they are encouraging people to take matters into their own hands as I doubt they’ll help someone unless they are famous and/or rich.
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What they're encouraging here would literally make it easier to put people in jail
You do know that police aren't the courts don’t you?
You can remove the speaker inside. This YouTube video will show you how to do it. It's pretty easy to do. Hope this helps!
You can remove the speaker, you just need a knife to crack it open. Theres a few YouTube videos demonstrating how to do it. I have several on all my vehicles now.
500 AirTags is not a lot. It’s about getting people to take some level of responsibility and making a suggestion. Deterrence include cameras, crime prevention through urban design, visibility, communities working together. AirTags is a way to get stuff back, rather than a deterrent. I have been to literally thousands of break-ins in my career, and the majority of people say, "I don’t care about catching the person, I just want 'x' back".
If people want to deter car theft, there are ways to disable the car. This is about getting expensive property back.
How many air tags should the police give out then. Zero or ?
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Doesn't that void the warranty tho?
This would most definitely void the warranty. So, do at your own risk. However, voiding the warranty on a $30 product and giving me a fighting chance to retrieve my vehicle, if needed, due the thief having a harder time finding the AirTag is totally worth it in my book.
I'm not suggesting they do or do not give them away. If the goal is as stated, 500 is too low to have a noticeable/measurable impact on actual theft - obvi, these are my opinions based on my logic - of course, we knew that already. But, apparently, it is press-conference worthy.
It’s simply ether marketing or something more nefarious
Just store the AirTag out of sight in the trunk or under the carpet where the sun can't reach. The average operating temps of the CR2032 battery is about -20C to 70C (158f), so if the car environment gets hot enough to blow up a CR2032 battery that's hidden out of sight from the sun then you have far more to worry about.
Plus according to Panasonic they do CR2032s that operate at -40C to +120C, so temperatures aren't a problem.
Read the comments in the video. Apple has changed the design it's not as easy.
It’s no surprise the airtag is more popular than tile, given its integration with the apple ecosystem and the US having a high iPhone adoption rate.
This is quite the turnaround from 2021 when the police were blaming AirTags for car thefts. The implication is that although the airtag has received relatively little news coverage of late, it has nevertheless been slowly but surely gaining adoption amongst its users.
This is quite the turnaround from 2021 when the police were blaming AirTags for car thefts. The implication is that although the airtag has received relatively little news coverage of late, it has nevertheless been slowly but surely gaining adoption amongst its users.