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Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by Johnny555 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:14AM (#27126520)
This is the thread I'm replying to:

"Curious, do you find an Airtag on your dog's leash to be effective?"

"It's just to see what they're doing with her"

"If I do you the favor of watching your dog, I'm going to be pissed if you're spying on me during the process."

"but how do you ask a friend if you can track them 24/7 without sounding like a giant creep?"

So it's not clear how a GPS tracker on the dog's collar is different than an air-tag on the leash?

Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by VonGallifrey on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:26AM (#27126576)
You skipped over the Comment I replied to which contains the following:

> We're all on each others' Find My Friends, and have no problem knowing who is where. I even have non-blood-related friends on there, as do some of my other family members.

Along with a lot of replies that try to explain how constant surveillance of their friends is fine.

You tracking your dog and incidentally tracking a friend while they are walking said dog is completely different then tracking your friends 24/7 via their iPhone.

It does not make a difference if you track your dog with a GPS tracker or AirTag, but it is fundamentally different than what the comment was about.

Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by Johnny555 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:41AM (#27126659)
It does not make a difference if you track your dog with a GPS tracker or AirTag, but it is fundamentally different than what the comment was about.

I'd find that more invasive if I was worried about tracking. At least with an app in my control, I can turn off tracking when I want to, but if I watch my friend's dog while he's out of town and he sees me walking the dog to his girlfriend's house every night, he's going to ask questions.

Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by VonGallifrey on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:49AM (#27126700)
Why?

Would you really prefer to be tracked by your friend every hour of every day instead of only when you are walking their dog?

I do not believe that.

Re:I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress by Johnny555 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:31AM (#27126950)
Well no, that's the advantage of my own device controlling when my location is shared -- I'd turn off the FindMyFriends tracking except for when I want to be tracked (like if I'm going out to meet friends and want them to be able to find me)