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The unfortunate lesson that is probably learned is to only stalk Android users with AirTags.
by tyingq 5y ago
The unfortunate lesson that is probably learned is to only stalk Android users with AirTags.
- brummm 5y agoThat's not how AirTags work, though.
- havkd 5y agoYou don’t get notifications if you use Android.
- eatbitseveryday 5y agoYou don’t get location updates without Apple devices nearby.
- tyingq 5y agoLike all the cars she drives by, people near her parked car, etc? Google searches say any apple device within around ~10 meters.
- AutumnCurtain 5y agoOnly stalk people in areas where there are only Androids, I suppose, which is pretty much nowhere in US cities at least
- wongarsu 5y agoiPhones are unusually popular in English speaking countries. Globally it's more like 75% Android, 25% iPhone, with some places being 95% Android. But really the important question is if your target notices the stalking, and for that they either need an iPhone or travel with someone with an iPhone.
- tyingq 5y agoThe case of some Android user that mostly drives alone, but drives by other cars with iPhone users, should be pretty common. You could stalk them, and they wouldn't get a notice.
- jfengel 5y agoOr use a Tile, which is the same thing and has been in use for years without anybody complaining about the stalking. The main difference between the Tile and the AirTag is that the AirTag network automatically includes every iPhone and is therefore much larger than the Tile, despite being newer. Apple anticipated the stalking and included the anti-stalking feature. Tile has not implemented anything like that. I do believe Apple at least needs to make the anti-stalking detection available for Android. At core it's just Bluetooth. I suspect they always intended to, after they'd gotten the maximum of "I need an iPhone just for this" sales out of it. Once they've passed that, they might as well expand their AirTag reach (and network) to Android users.