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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by aetherane on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @02:33PM (#35792168)
Unfortunately air tags only work in the Apple ecosystem.
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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by smoldesu on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @02:39PM (#35792231)
"Buy your mom an iPhone" - Tim Cook, 2022
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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by vrc on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @03:08PM (#35792591)
You’ve misspelled Tim Apple, sir.
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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by Manjuuu on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @03:03PM (#35792550)
See this regarding android phones: https://www.youtube.com/live/Vuw72THyXsQ?feature=share&t=947

"Why would anyone have one?"

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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by oh_sigh on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @05:44PM (#35794638)
That's not true - Tracker Detect is available for android, so even car thieves with an android can find your airtag.
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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by commoner on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @07:24PM (#35795596)
Tracker Detect only scans for AirTags when the user manually requests a scan. Car thieves and other users who do not want to be tracked by AirTags would be better off using the AirGuard app on Android, which scans for AirTags and other Bluetooth tracking devices in the background automatically:

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard

AirGuard is a FOSS project developed by the Technical University of Darmstadt.

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