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Should I drive over a thousand miles to pull it off? What do you expect me to do? I'm not sure what will happen if I disown it, it will probably attempt to be

Should I drive over a thousand miles to pull it off? What do you expect me to do? I'm not sure what will happen if I disown it, it will probably attempt to be owned by whoever walks by? Can I disown an AirTag without being near it? And if someone who works for Fedex suddenly owns the AirTag, has the situation improved? I really don't know what you expect me to do. I did this by accident. I thought it was funny.

BiteCode_dev 5y ago
- rolobio 5y ago
  Rather than ban the device, punish the behavior. Apple has made it quite easy for anyone with an Apple device to notice if they are being tracked. Why punish someone tracking their scooter as if they were tracking some "daughter"? GPS tracking of cars is legal in many place. Those devices don't report their existence to the owner. Perhaps we should start there?
  - BiteCode_dev 5y ago
    That didn't seem to work well for guns in the US. Besides, this tech is opening a tracking pandora box with social and political consequences that we can't predict. I'm for banning without a licence on this one.
    - rolobio 5y ago
      I think banning objects goes about as well as banning drugs did.
      - BiteCode_dev 5y ago
        AirTags are not addictive and are not helping people in social situation or to have sex.
      - pmoriarty 5y ago
        The technology itself is unstoppable. At most widespread use of it could be delayed until something smaller and even harder to detect is invented.
        BiteCode_dev 5y ago
        The technology of guns has been very well stopped for common use in France. Just just have to have a licence to own one, with a training, etc. Most people don't own a gun. I never heard, unlike in the valley where colleagues told me exactly that, that you have to be careful to not road rage because you don't know if the other guy is not an idiot packing.
    - FredPret 5y ago
      What stoppedyou from buying a GPS tracker before?
      - BiteCode_dev 5y ago
        AirTags are cheaper and more powerful than GPS tracker. Also more known, and don't have a stigma.

BiteCode_dev 5y ago

rolobio 5y ago
Rather than ban the device, punish the behavior. Apple has made it quite easy for anyone with an Apple device to notice if they are being tracked. Why punish someone tracking their scooter as if they were tracking some "daughter"? GPS tracking of cars is legal in many place. Those devices don't report their existence to the owner. Perhaps we should start there?
- BiteCode_dev 5y ago
  That didn't seem to work well for guns in the US. Besides, this tech is opening a tracking pandora box with social and political consequences that we can't predict. I'm for banning without a licence on this one.
  - rolobio 5y ago
    I think banning objects goes about as well as banning drugs did.
    - BiteCode_dev 5y ago
      AirTags are not addictive and are not helping people in social situation or to have sex.
    - pmoriarty 5y ago
      The technology itself is unstoppable. At most widespread use of it could be delayed until something smaller and even harder to detect is invented.
      - BiteCode_dev 5y ago
        The technology of guns has been very well stopped for common use in France. Just just have to have a licence to own one, with a training, etc. Most people don't own a gun. I never heard, unlike in the valley where colleagues told me exactly that, that you have to be careful to not road rage because you don't know if the other guy is not an idiot packing.
  - FredPret 5y ago
    What stoppedyou from buying a GPS tracker before?
    - BiteCode_dev 5y ago
      AirTags are cheaper and more powerful than GPS tracker. Also more known, and don't have a stigma.