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What to Know if You Plan to Travel Abroad With AirTags
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Psst, don’t tell Armenia and Azerbaijan that they agree on something...
Maybe you don't fly regularly. I'm welcoming this greatly to be able to finally help the airline to find my "lost" luggage when it happens. It's not only about what you do - but what others do with your possessions. That's where I see the biggest benefit.
That - and attaching Airtags to all of my wifes belongings like wallet, keys, Airpod case etc. Finally I won't have to chase down her stuff when she's late, again.
AirTags and other trackers signal everyone "There's something valuable in here!" And they don't have to be seen. Their signal can still be sensed even packed away. Great way for a thief to identify items and people to target.
I work in an emergency department, and security accidentally locked up my backpack thinking it belonged to a psych patient.
It was super fun freaking out trying to find it, lol.
Were you traveling with Borat?well there goes my trip to armenia with stops in azerbaijan, kazakhstan and kyrgyzstan
Let me guess - in China, "Someone else's AirTag moving with you" alerts are disabled? I'm only half-joking.
For countries that prohibit UW putting you phone in Airplane mode isn't the solution as you won't be able to use your phone.
Edit: Here is the solution to turn it off. Do these countries really check this on your phone to make sure you have it disabled?
How to turn off Ultra Wideband U1 chip to prevent background location tracking on iPhone 11 and 11 Pro - 9to5Mac
After some users complained about the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro tracking location data even when the location services...
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Yep, a $30 Airtag in a $450 Hermes luggage tag.
AFAIK the UWB signal is only turned on via BLE once the owner of the tag starts searching for it nearby with an iPhone. Similarly, only the owner can make it play a sound. So a thief would have a hard time picking out the item with the tag on a luggage carousel or similar.
I was just thinking that AirTags are now a must if you are traveling abroad in an airplane, to make sure you don't lose your luggage 😅
I guess the entire purpose of an airtag is to know its location
No, you're not. As much as I love Apple and gadgets, I can't, in any way, justify buying one of these, as much as I would love to.
It wasn’t until I saw this article that I realized this. Imagine spending $400 on an Hermes tag holder and it just being gone.
A priori it does not, but the phone does. And UWB might only be switched on in an AirTag after it has made contact via Bluetooth with a phone and the phone has told the AirTag that it is ok to switch it on.
I can't imagine spending $400 on an Hermes tag holder period.
Not unless those three suitcases are moved by somebody. Beeping requires three days of separation followed by movement.
I don’t see they can differentiate between someone that steals your bag with AirTag in it from someone that had an AirTag unknowingly placed in his or her bag. The anti-stalking features are nice, but wouldn’t that render anti-theft useless?
