- keys with airtag attached are lost, thief (perhaps opportunist) can find the home/car they belong to
- stalker types can steal an airtag from a water bottle, handbag, or whatever, and find the owner's home
Not an iPhone user but AFAIK the lost phone scenario was already covered with even pre-airtag "Find my..." since you could log into iCloud web interface on any other device and use that
Perhaps it is just announced that it is logged and subject to police search.
IDK, just trying to think of ideas for a tough situation, but when a primary use case becomes enabling property and violent sex crimes ...
Heck, I was earlier wishing for tags like this that worked better, more trackable and a lot smaller for a variety of uses, including embedding in products. Which would make them all better crime tools. Ugh. Sociopaths really do ruin it for everyone.
the beeping if separated from owner after 8-24hrs is a bit helpful, but likely not noticeable if attached to the outside of a car. This is also a pretty big window in which to pull off your crime.
I'd suggest that all tracking come with logging of the original owner's Apple device and it's location. The handy general use case would be to find your phone with an airtag (e.g., on your keys) and another phone (e.g., friend in the group). The obvious deterrent to criminals is that their target and the police will have their device ID and location. They might still get away with it, but would need effectively a burner Apple phone & location history separate from their real device.
Other ideas?