I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress

Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by divbzero on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @05:36PM (#27123835)

It also comes up if you search for “location” or “privacy” in Settings. Not completely obvious but easily discoverable for anyone concerned about privacy.

> tragedy of the commons situation if we have too many selfish people

I can’t think of how helping the Find My network would compromise my privacy in any significant way. But I am still glad there’s an option to disable, there may be people for whom it is a concern.

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Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by upbeat_general on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @08:15PM (#27136838)

Not privacy but battery life. I don't necessarily want to constantly scan for bluetooth devices around me and have some process sending that identifier and my location to Apple, even if it's done securely.

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Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by hunter2_ on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @06:50PM (#27124608)

> if you search

Eh, I find it a stretch to consider things that need to be typed "discoverable" unless there's a user manual provided telling you everything that can be typed. This same reasoning is why many would consider GUIs (or text mode menu-driven interfaces) to be more user-friendly than CLIs.

Voice assistants have a very similar issue, but nobody likes IVR systems either, so who knows.

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Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by CRConrad on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:03AM (#27131174)

Having a search icon where you can type stuff means anything "can be typed".

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