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Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by by smcl on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:33AM (#30638000)
Does anyone know how much use these get? When I'm travelling I see them all over the place, but I haven't personally ever used them (or met anyone who did) and never had any idea how to get credentials for them
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Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by by sokoloff on Friday March 11, 2022 @05:42AM (#30638392)
I use the Xfinity one all the time (and have customer-owned equipment in my end, so I don’t even provide an Xfinity hotspot at home).

On that one, you login with your Xfinity account.

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Re:Apple AirTags draining battery of devices close by by ChrisMarshallNY on Friday March 11, 2022 @05:17AM (#30638249)
In the case of Optimum/Altice (Long Island, NY), you use the credentials for your Web login account (which carries its own risk, as that’s also your billing portal).

I don’t feel that it works especially well. They make it difficult to log into different hot spots. They have a “remember this device” thing, that doesn’t work very well.

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