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To use this feature, you have to turn on Find My Network in settings (it is on by default), turning it on also means the device will report other nearby Find My
by zzyzxd 5y ago
To use this feature, you have to turn on Find My Network in settings (it is on by default), turning it on also means the device will report other nearby Find My devices like AirTags.
I like to have my phone findable after power off, but I am still not sure whether I want my phone to report other devices.
- avianlyric 5y agoOut of interest, what’s your concern with your phone reporting the location of other devices?
- zzyzxd 5y agoYou can extract a lot of information by knowing how frequent an AirTag has been approached by random iPhones. For instance, if I toss an AirTag into my neighbor's yard, I can get some idea on when they leave/return back to the house by monitoring the AirTag's update timestamps. I can later use this data to build their activity patterns and whatnot. I understand that Apple has some mechanism to mitigate this, like "reporting stranger's airtags in frequent accessed locations", but unless it is proven to be reliable, I can't trust it.
- fastball 5y agoSo... you want to get the benefits of Find My without actually giving back to the network?
- zzyzxd 5y agoYes. I also consume a lot of websites and block their ads at the same time. This is selfish, but it is the way I mitigate risks.
- fastball 5y agoThis is how you get a Tragedy of the Commons, and I'm happy Apple doesn't allow that kind of anti-social behavior when it comes to Find My.
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