How Apple AirTags are becoming Dangerous ⚠️

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Your videos nowadays are getting less-smartphone related, and I still love them. Been a fan for over 3 years. Great videos with interesting topics Edit: Firstly, I think people misunderstood what I meant by this comment. I meant that usually I would dislike non-smartphone tech videos, but Mrwhosetheboss made interesting ones that made me like them, not that I want him to only make smartphone videos, as the people in the comments thought I meant. Secondly, not to sound cliché, but thanks for the likes as it provides me with some form of external validation :)

AirTags in nutshell : Pros : Make it easier to find missing people Cons : Make it easier to make people go missing

The ironic thing about Apple's attempts to make them less useful for criminals is that these "improvements" make them less useful for finding a stolen item. For example, last year I had a bicycle stolen that had an AirTag on it. It likely started beeping a few minutes after the thief started moving it, alerting the thief to the AirTag's presence on the bicycle, whereupon the thief could smash the AirTag with a rock.

While on vacation, I gave my 7 year old nephew an AirTag in case he got separated from us and lo and behold he definitely did get separated. His dad called me in a panic and I successfully used the AirTag to find him. They are dangerously useful.

This man’s production quality is unlike anyone else. Just so polished! Love it

I did my own experiment to "stalk" some of my friends (with permission, of course). It's actually quite dangerous and can actually be used to stalk people, especially if the person doesn't have an iPhone. I even used it to "follow" my friend over 24 hours and it could still be used... but in the end airtags aren't the most dangerous "stalking device"... but it's the most available.

The stalker in his room legit scared me.

I remember that, a few months ago, I was at a school field trip when everyone on the bus received a notification that we were being tracked. Nothing (thankfully) has happened so far, but i remember being terrified

A number of major cities and US states are seriously considering making the sale or use of these illegal. The wife of my sisters boss a long time family freind of ours was stalked and assaulted using these. He and a bunch of other business owners are thinking of actually banning the use of any Apple products on the company premises. This is not a small company either. He was told by the police that was estimated that over 80% of Air Tags were being used to commit crimes.

A really good video, didn't know much about the air tags anyway so was really useful and in one respect a really useful product to have why pay for a tracker on your car in case it gets stolen just get one of these.

A woman just found one in her bag or coat pocket (idr which) after getting that notification after leaving a bar a few weeks ago. And she was lucky she got the notification which gave her the info that an apple device had been with her for an extended amount of time before reaching home. That could've been a really bad situation otherwise. We can't have nice things, which might help forgetful people like me, because nefarious assholes are just waiting to exploit everything they can. 🤦🏻‍♀️😕

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I have a friend who I speak with online these days and he had this story for me: His mom saw him packing snacks and stuff into a bag and guessed he was planning to sneak out, she hid an apple airtag in it and when he was there, called him to let him know that she knew exactly where he was. Fortunately, she was ok with and they had a good laugh

We don't appreciate this guy enough, he really made a 10 minute video about the smallest piece of tech and he did it with near TV quality. Amazing!

Whats really funny about this is that these videos are making this information more available to people who will use it this way, though I understand its so people can understand how it works, but it makes it more popular

Let me start by saying I love using AirTags for their intended purpose. I was just on a flight, where my friend’s luggage was lost. Before flying, she had asked me if I could put one in, since I had put one in my own bag, and since I had an extra one I said sure, I would put one in her suitcase and remove it when all the bags got where we needed to go safely. Well wouldn’t you know, the bag got lost. I was able to track it, and figured out that it did get to the destinations airport, so we were able to find the bag within a few minutes, not wasting time searching the origin airport. So that’s a really good use of the technology in my opinion. But I can definitely see how it can be used for bad as well. I could imagine, if I was for example a female Uber driver, being scared that an AirTag could be placed on the car, and then I’d be found home. I can see the argument from both sides. I don’t really have an answer.

I remember reading a saying from a guy in the 60s, he said that in a few years, we would have no privacy, and we will be watched 24/7. He was referring to the security cameras, but now his words are even more accurate, now we have trackers like AirTags. Technology is scary stuff when misused

It seems like the air tag also defeats the purpose of tracking your lost item when it’s stolen. So if the robber or thief steals your bags, they might hear the beeping or get notifications if they’re using iPhone. That’s if you or the police finds your bag before 12 hours is up.

I use one of these as a dog tag. I know they say not to do that, but the point I'm getting at is that those things make noise whenever the app is accessed. It would be incredibly difficult to hide one of them on someone's person without them knowing about it.