Always-on Processor magic: How Find My works while iPhone is powered off

Re:Always-on Processor magic: How Find My works while iPhone... by SSLy on Friday October 01, 2021 @04:13AM (#28715892)

>1. What prevents people from using AirTags to track Android users?

AirTags are BLE beacons, that Android phones will simply not pick up and not send their signal to the mothership. A background noise.

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Re:Always-on Processor magic: How Find My works while iPhone... by fesc on Friday October 01, 2021 @04:44AM (#28716070)

You're missing the point.

If an Android user is travelling with an AirTag other people (e.g. a colleague) with iPhones will "send the signal to the motherships" but they won't get the alert as they most likely won't be in proximity of the AirTag long enough to trigger it.

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Re:Always-on Processor magic: How Find My works while iPhone... by SSLy on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:31PM (#28724566)

Ah, right, thanks. Missed that

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