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It doesn't connect to your iPhone's hot spot, but your daily iPhone is able to detect the other iPhone's presence just like it detects AirTags and logs that inf
by jaywalk 5y ago
It doesn't connect to your iPhone's hot spot, but your daily iPhone is able to detect the other iPhone's presence just like it detects AirTags and logs that info.
- mrtksn 5y agoYes but apparently other iPhones can also detect it and send the location just like with the AirTag even if the iPhone is turned off. That was a surprise.
- elzbardico 5y agoThat’s the whole point of the feature: being able to track a phone that has been turned off. If you’re afraid of FBI, CIA or Mossad tracking you with this feature, you can disable this on settings
- mrtksn 5y agoNope, I'm happy to be tracked. I actually enabled Google Maps to track me all the time because I would like to be able to look back at Google Timeline[0] and see where I have been at particular time in the past. Since a few years, I'm in Turkey and I know that in this country the GSM operators track your location constantly and keep the records indefinitely. How do I know that? Well, in Turkey every SIM card is tied to a proven identity(ID scan is required even for pre-paid SIMs) and getting the GSM signal records to prove whereabouts of someone at particular time has become a standard practice on criminal cases. Everyone is well aware of being tracked by the govt. With Apple and Google, I at least get something out of it. [0]: https://timeline.google.com/ https://timeline.google.com/
- avianlyric 5y agoWas the phone actually off or just missing a SIM card?
- fastball 5y agoThe latter. GC is confusing "offline" with "power off".
- mrtksn 5y agoKind of. The feature to join Find My network is there on iOS14 but to be trackable when powered-off apparently works only on iPhone 11 and up on iOS 15. Anything older will support only tracking without a network connection.