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Re:Silenced AirTags with disabled speakers are popping up fo... by Spooky23 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @02:07PM (#30197132)
They work great, it’s just the network effects are smaller for Samsung.

For people at risk, it is meaningless. Your crazy stalker will just drive around locations and confirm where you are remotely.

The whole controversy is both real and bullshit. It is very trivial for people to get tracking devices for modest amounts of money in high threat scenarios.

I think the issue with AirTags is the less malevolent, but creepy scenarios. And to be honest, the issue has existed for years with “Find My Friends”, which I’m sure is widely abused by family members and others to follow people around.

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Re:Silenced AirTags with disabled speakers are popping up fo... by endisneigh on Thursday February 03, 2022 @02:28PM (#30197484)
They work ok, but it’s inferior to AirTags specifically because the network effects are (much) smaller.

If you’re using it to find stuff you want the largest possible network

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