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This is covered in the blog post. There doesn't currently appear to be any rate limiting. And the rate limit would be tricky to implement because there are time
by barbegal 5y ago
This is covered in the blog post. There doesn't currently appear to be any rate limiting. And the rate limit would be tricky to implement because there are times when you need to catch up on the location of a device over a longer period of time. But yes Apple could limit to say 16 * 4 * 24 * 7 = 10752 requests per week.
- mhandley 5y agoNo, the comment in the blog post is not what I'm suggesting. All Apple needs is to do is record the timestamps that iPhones received the AirTag beacon. When an Apple ID queries for keys, if Apple finds more matching key reports received in any 15 minute period than is plausible, then either the Apple ID is associated with more than the 16 permitted AirTags, or some of them are using more than one key per 15 minutes. So Apple can definitely detect this unless you either use multiple Apple IDs, or you limit to around 16 bits per 15 minutes.