Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking
by bee_rider on Thursday February 10, 2022 @07:01PM
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From the link:
> Precision Finding: This capability allows recipients of an unwanted tracking alert to locate an unknown AirTag with precision. iPhone 11, iPhone 12, and iPhone 13 users will be able to use Precision Finding to see the distance and direction to an unknown AirTag when it is in range. As an iPhone user moves, Precision Finding fuses input from the camera, ARKit, accelerometer, and gyroscope to guide them to the AirTag through a combination of sound, haptics, and visual feedback.
I guess this probably only works for people who have iPhones, but it still at least makes tracking somebody using an AirTag a somewhat risky proposition (for example, if a person is stalking somebody using this technology and knows their target has a non-iPhone, they never know if that person might have a friend with an iPhone).
> Precision Finding: This capability allows recipients of an unwanted tracking alert to locate an unknown AirTag with precision. iPhone 11, iPhone 12, and iPhone 13 users will be able to use Precision Finding to see the distance and direction to an unknown AirTag when it is in range. As an iPhone user moves, Precision Finding fuses input from the camera, ARKit, accelerometer, and gyroscope to guide them to the AirTag through a combination of sound, haptics, and visual feedback.
I guess this probably only works for people who have iPhones, but it still at least makes tracking somebody using an AirTag a somewhat risky proposition (for example, if a person is stalking somebody using this technology and knows their target has a non-iPhone, they never know if that person might have a friend with an iPhone).