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-Wouldn't an airtag (or two...) fit the bill nicely? (Assuming even car thieves use iPhones there's some poetic justice to be served in their own smartphones b
by lb1lf 5y ago
-Wouldn't an airtag (or two...) fit the bill nicely?
(Assuming even car thieves use iPhones there's some poetic justice to be served in their own smartphones bringing them down...)
- surfsvammel 5y agoThey will get a warning saying there is an air tag travelling with them. I have this problem. We have an air tag on one of my kids shoes when we are out, and whenever I’m not with them, my partner gets spammed with warnings on her phone saying there is an unknown air tag travelling with her.
- ghostly_s 5y ago> We have an air tag on one of my kids shoes when we are out what the hell?
- after_care 5y agoSeems legit, kids can run away or be kidnapped. It’s important to know where your kids are.
- e-clinton 5y agoRight. All depends on age. Makes sense for an 8y/o, not for a 15y/o
- surfsvammel 5y agoThis is for a 3y/o and a 5y/o
- vagrantJin 5y ago> Seems legit, kids can run away or be kidnapped. It’s important to know where your kids are. Ah yes. This statement is more terrifying than Apples half-assed PR fireball a few days ago. The same folks who bought iphones because its has better "privacy" than Android... ...are using iphones to track their kids whereabouts. It's like a dystopian punchline masked in the Friends laugh track.
- canadianfella 5y agoWhat’s the problem?
- Tostino 5y agoTracking a kid at an amusement park, presumably a quite young one, is entirely fine IMO. I remember when I was 4 or so, I waited until my parents weren't looking to sneak off and go play with a toy in the gift shop my parents didn't let me see earlier in the day. I just about gave them a heart attack.
- _carbyau_ 5y agoYeah it is important to know where your kids are. I go with "pay attention". I guess there are going to be scenarios where tracking could help and maybe even allow the kids freedom to roam within a large zone - the back paddock of a farm say - while still allowing parents to find them. But I still like capability and trust more.
- alasdair_ 5y agoSome people have more children than adults. “Pay attention” is the default state but it’s not always possible to pay complete attention to both children and everything else, every moment of every day.
- after_care 5y agoI really think you’re holding parents to an unreasonably high standard. The punishment for a moments lapse in not paying attention shouldn’t be a missing 4 year old.
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- yellowapple 5y agoRight? Who the hell puts the tracker in a shoe? Shoes can be taken off. Professionals put the trackers in the kids' teeth, a la Spy Kids.
- surfsvammel 5y agoWe use this when we are at amusement parks, museums or in the city. We also have a piece of white tape, with our phone number, on the kids so that if they get lost, and someone finds them, they can call us up.
- JTbane 5y agoThat's Apple's so-called "stalker warning", a ridiculous concept.
- bigiain 5y ago> a ridiculous concept Says a guy who’s never had a friend or family member who’s been stalked.
- JTbane 5y agoIf someone can get close enough to drop an AirTag on your person or in your car, they can harm you regardless.
- djur 5y agoA lot of people have the opportunity to interact with your (unattended) car or your belongings in situations where they couldn't harm you without taking a substantial risk. Imagine a person you interact with at a bar who drops an AirTag in your purse while you are briefly distracted.
- blantonl 5y agoI think the airtag might actually alert them that they are being tracked - the anti-stalker features built into the network will alert an iPhone user when an airtag they don't own is in the vicinity while moving and changing locations.
- aero142 5y agoIf the air tag is sufficiently hidden, perhaps this is a feature and not a bug. Maybe this will make them stop the car and leave it, which sounds like a win to me.