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Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by arsome on Thursday February 10, 2022 @10:48PM (#30296679)
People are actually selling AirTags with the speakers already disabled, this is a massive hole they're consistently overlooking.
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Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by oxplot on Thursday February 10, 2022 @10:51PM (#30296713)
Addressed head-on in the press release:

> Display alert with sound: When AirTag automatically emits a sound to alert anyone nearby of its presence and is detected moving with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, we will also display an alert on your device that you can then take action on, like playing a sound or using Precision Finding, if available. This will help in cases where the AirTag may be in a location where it is hard to hear, or if the AirTag speaker has been tampered with.

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Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by arsome on Friday February 11, 2022 @01:29AM (#30297779)
Did you miss the part where the parent was referring to people who don't have iOS devices?
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Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by oxplot on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:00AM (#30298434)
yes indeed — I missed it
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Re:An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking by fomine3 on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:03AM (#30298458)
So alarm shouldn't be considered to anti tracking feature.
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