Sale of 'Silent AirTags' on eBay and Etsy Raises Privacy Concerns

[Stunning_Sense4712]

The problem with the speaker is it defeats the purpose of the device which is tracking it down. Imagine if OnStar alerted car thief’s that their vehicle was actively being tracked and the location information was being relayed to law enfocement. They would abandon the car and be free to steal another car.

 

[gpwdeux]

1. Your post is perhaps a touch on the attack, maybe tone that down a bit please
2. No, I don't think a funny joke is to be made about "tracking your girlfriend"

1. Glad you picked up on the tone, I wasn't sure you would be clever enough to notice.
2. Depends on the joke, I'm sure there are quite funny ones out there. So you don't have sense of humor, no biggie, the world needs ditch diggers too. ?

 

[MacClueless]

You can get GPS trackers for way less than $77. Trackers run around $25.

Maybe so, but an Airtag isn't a GPS tracker, in fact it doesn't use GPS at all.

 

[compwiz1202]

Glad they didn't. It's not Apple's problem what people do with items. They made them have sound and put in precautions. Just like you can't blame gun mfg for creating a product people use in terrible ways, you shouldn't blame Apple for people using air tags the wrong way...or hell, using their computers to make explicit child content, etc

I would love a silent air tag that I could put inside my bike as a theft tracker so it would go unnoticed.

Does silent just mean no sound, or does it also stop other iPhones from detecting it?

 

[compwiz1202]

They need to make a product called Apple Jam that renders nearby Airtags and possibly even other trackers useless.

 

[Stunning_Sense4712]

They need to make a product called Apple Jam that renders nearby Airtags and possibly even other trackers useless.

That product would be illegal in the United States since you are not allowed to use a jamming device.

 

[mikethemartian]

The irony for me is that the first time I ever needed to get an AirTag to play a sound for me to find it I just get the error “AirTag Not Reachable” even though it tells me it is with me.

 

[deeddawg]

Does silent just mean no sound, or does it also stop other iPhones from detecting it?

Only the speaker is disabled.