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It says: "Find My Network: Participating in the Find My network lets you locate this iPhone even if its offline" So in fact there is no option (there at least

by raylad 5y ago

It says: "Find My Network: Participating in the Find My network lets you locate this iPhone even if its offline" So in fact there is no option (there at least) to opt out of finding other people's AirTags unless you also want to opt out of finding your own iPhone, at least as stated.

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CountDrewku 5y ago
That's because it's using the same "network" to track both. It wouldn't make sense to turn one off an not the other. When your device is offline it's acting just like the AirTags and pulling info from other nearby iphones.
stingraycharles 5y ago
Which is entirely fair, don’t you think? If you want to make use of the ability to find your phone while it’s powered off, you should help others to do the same. Or is it the airtag functionality specifically that’s bothering you?
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- FalconSensei 5y ago
  > Or is it the airtag functionality specifically that’s bothering you? A phone is bigger, more visible, and expensive if someone would want to use it to track you. Not practical at all. Maybe they should have 2 options: Phone and Tags (or All). Enabling find my phone would not necessarily allow tags.
- darkarmani 5y ago
  > Or is it the airtag functionality specifically that’s bothering you? Yes. What does find my phone have to do with airtags?
  - jackson1442 5y ago
    You can still have traditional Find My- the one where your phone connects and tells Apple where its GPS is. This switch is specifically for the networking, which allows other devices to help out when your phone is dead or otherwise not connected to the internet/gps.
    - darkarmani 5y ago
      But i wouldn't mind helping people find their phones, but i would want to opt out of airtags. I'm not mooching because i don't have any airtags.
      - wfme 5y ago
        If it has no impact on you, why would you want to opt out of the airtag tracking?
        exporectomy 5y ago
        If you were known to be the only person who frequents an area, then an adversary's Airtag planted there getting updated would notify them that you were present.
        eknkc 5y ago
        In this extremely specific case where people are planting airtags to track you, you can simply disable the feature as the parent mentions.
        fastball 5y ago
        Are ya'll trying to invent the dumbest sounding scenarios or is that inadvertent?
      - intev 5y ago
        "I don't use that freeway so I don't want to pay for the maintenance" Either you use the roads and pay for all the roads or you don't.
- trgodero 5y ago
  > is it the airtag functionality specifically that’s bothering you? Yes.
bspammer 5y ago
I think if you’re making use of the network, it’s entirely fair to ask you to contribute to it.

by raylad 5y ago

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CountDrewku 5y ago

That's because it's using the same "network" to track both. It wouldn't make sense to turn one off an not the other. When your device is offline it's acting just like the AirTags and pulling info from other nearby iphones.

stingraycharles 5y ago

Which is entirely fair, don’t you think? If you want to make use of the ability to find your phone while it’s powered off, you should help others to do the same. Or is it the airtag functionality specifically that’s bothering you?

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FalconSensei 5y ago
> Or is it the airtag functionality specifically that’s bothering you? A phone is bigger, more visible, and expensive if someone would want to use it to track you. Not practical at all. Maybe they should have 2 options: Phone and Tags (or All). Enabling find my phone would not necessarily allow tags.
darkarmani 5y ago
> Or is it the airtag functionality specifically that’s bothering you? Yes. What does find my phone have to do with airtags?
- jackson1442 5y ago
  You can still have traditional Find My- the one where your phone connects and tells Apple where its GPS is. This switch is specifically for the networking, which allows other devices to help out when your phone is dead or otherwise not connected to the internet/gps.
  - darkarmani 5y ago
    But i wouldn't mind helping people find their phones, but i would want to opt out of airtags. I'm not mooching because i don't have any airtags.
    - wfme 5y ago
      If it has no impact on you, why would you want to opt out of the airtag tracking?
      - exporectomy 5y ago
        If you were known to be the only person who frequents an area, then an adversary's Airtag planted there getting updated would notify them that you were present.
        eknkc 5y ago
        In this extremely specific case where people are planting airtags to track you, you can simply disable the feature as the parent mentions.
        fastball 5y ago
        Are ya'll trying to invent the dumbest sounding scenarios or is that inadvertent?
    - intev 5y ago
      "I don't use that freeway so I don't want to pay for the maintenance" Either you use the roads and pay for all the roads or you don't.
trgodero 5y ago
> is it the airtag functionality specifically that’s bothering you? Yes.

bspammer 5y ago

I think if you’re making use of the network, it’s entirely fair to ask you to contribute to it.