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That's cool and all, but how do they handle a trainload of people all going the same direction sitting near each other? I mean public transportation is still a
by technofiend 5y ago
That's cool and all, but how do they handle a trainload of people all going the same direction sitting near each other? I mean public transportation is still a thing.
- p49k 5y agoI assume “over time” means for a long enough period to eliminate the possibility that you’re on a train with other people.
- hyperpl 5y agoSome train rides are quite long
- NovemberWhiskey 5y agoI don't know what Apple is doing behind the scenes here, but if I were Apple, I would generate much more "signal" from "this AirTag is traveling with this one person that is not its owner" than from "this AirTag is traveling with forty people that are not its owner".
- technofiend 5y agoAnd maybe this tag is generating a stronger signal than any other and is registered to me. Apple is all about the user experience so I assume they have a solution, just curious what it is.
- function_seven 5y agoWhen you get off the train, pick the one that sticks with you.
- pseudalopex 5y agoIt has to be away from the owner to trigger the warning.
- dariusj18 5y agoSo after the owner accidentally leaves it on the train, someone will be notified to look for whatever item was so important that it needed to be tracked.
- newsclues 5y agoIndeed I much rather get an alert on my watch that I’m about to leave the train on the way home with my phone still on my seat. The evolution will be smarter and stickier the more you invest in the ecosystem
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- ragazzina 5y ago> Of course, if you happen to be with a friend who has an AirTag, or on a train with a whole bunch of people with AirTag, don’t worry. These alerts are triggered only when an AirTag is separated from its owner.
- diebeforei485 5y agoThey mentioned this exact scenario on their website[1] > Of course, if you happen to be with a friend who has an AirTag, or on a train with a whole bunch of people with AirTag, don’t worry. These alerts are triggered only when an AirTag is separated from its owner. 1. https://www.apple.com/airtag/ https://www.apple.com/airtag/
- dariusj18 5y agoSo if my family has a single car and we share keys it's going to annoy each of us that isn't the owner of the tag.
- coryking 5y agoIf they are part of your "family" in the apple ecosystem maybe it figures it out? Dunno.
- SilverRed 5y agoThats good, stops parents tracking their kids without notifying them
- SllX 5y agoParents just equip them with an iPhone or Apple Watch instead.
- SilverRed 5y agoYou still can tell if someone is tracking you. I'm not aware that Apple allows in any way for an apple watch or iphone to monitor the location without making the holder aware.
- SllX 5y agoI don’t disagree, but this is not any comfort to the children of tech savvy parents. They’ll be tracked and they’ll know they’re being tracked and they won’t have recourse. AirTags are kind of irrelevant here.
- gnicholas 5y agoIt only triggers if it’s not with the owner but is with someone else. I wonder what happens if you put your luggage on a train and sit down elsewhere on the train. Would it recognize that it is still, generally speaking, with the owner?
- graeme 5y agoAirplane transport crews may come to hate Airtags. I can imagine a lot of beeping luggage.