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Re:Apple reveals more about AirTag stalking protections by dangoor on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:13PM (#26995361)
> especially the part where you only get warned about being stalked by the AirTag if you have an iPhone

I believe that's not 100% true because of a final failsafe: the AirTag will start making noise if it's separated for too long (the definition of which could be an issue) from the owner's iPhone. That failsafe works if the person doesn't even have a smartphone.

I don't know if there _is_ a perfect solution for this, but they are indeed trying.

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Re:Apple reveals more about AirTag stalking protections by jjkaczor on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:37PM (#26996653)
The failsafe (audible alarm) looks like it would take a couple minutes to disable physically: https://www.iphonehacks.com/2021/04/airtag-teardown-reveals-...
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Re:Apple reveals more about AirTag stalking protections by hrktb on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:52PM (#26995967)
As a caveat to that, from the reviews it seems the sound is produced by vibrating the outer shell.

I wouldn’t be surprised if removing the outershell or altering it would stop it making much noise. We’re in a situation where there is intention to hide the device, so making some effort to make it silent should be taken into account.

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