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Is it even possible to ban AirTags? How exactly would that work? Even if you made the cargo hold a literal faraday cage, presumably as soon as you move the lugg

Is it even possible to ban AirTags? How exactly would that work? Even if you made the cargo hold a literal faraday cage, presumably as soon as you move the luggage the mesh network will be active again and immediately reconcile the location, which is what the user would want anyway.

capableweb 4y ago
Same way illegal drugs are banned, pass everything through a scanner that detects the illegal thing. In this case, it would a UWB (and/or BLE and/or NFC, AirTags seems to use all three technologies) detector that flags any bags for manual inspection. Not saying banning it is right/wrong, just that there definitely is a way of detecting them if you really want to.
- endisneigh 4y ago
  How would you distinguish devices that use the sake protocols from the AirTags with the current scanners? There would likely be thousands in an airport at a given time. How would you stop someone from taking out the battery and replacing it after security, or cross airline luggage transfer of devices with AirTags? Enforcement of a ban without customs level scrutiny seems impractical.
  - capableweb 4y ago
    The bags travel on a conveyor belt, which passes through a scanner that scans one bag at a time. Whenever there is something detected, you know exactly which bag trigger it and it gets redirected to another conveyor belt.
    - endisneigh 4y ago
      Sure, but the scanners are to my knowledge not designed to look for something like an AirTag (they are glorified x ray machines). Not to mention that doesn’t cover luggage that’s not checked in, or a litany of other situations like luggage from airlines that don’t ban AirTags. It would be more difficult to implement than say banning bringing a gallon of water.
duxup 4y ago
Possible to detect. Question would be how much compliance they would get, or mass non compliance that it becomes a hassle to deal with.
delecti 4y ago
It's absolutely possible to ban AirTags, it may or may not be possible to perfectly enforce that ban.

capableweb 4y ago

Same way illegal drugs are banned, pass everything through a scanner that detects the illegal thing. In this case, it would a UWB (and/or BLE and/or NFC, AirTags seems to use all three technologies) detector that flags any bags for manual inspection. Not saying banning it is right/wrong, just that there definitely is a way of detecting them if you really want to.

endisneigh 4y ago
How would you distinguish devices that use the sake protocols from the AirTags with the current scanners? There would likely be thousands in an airport at a given time. How would you stop someone from taking out the battery and replacing it after security, or cross airline luggage transfer of devices with AirTags? Enforcement of a ban without customs level scrutiny seems impractical.
- capableweb 4y ago
  The bags travel on a conveyor belt, which passes through a scanner that scans one bag at a time. Whenever there is something detected, you know exactly which bag trigger it and it gets redirected to another conveyor belt.
  - endisneigh 4y ago
    Sure, but the scanners are to my knowledge not designed to look for something like an AirTag (they are glorified x ray machines). Not to mention that doesn’t cover luggage that’s not checked in, or a litany of other situations like luggage from airlines that don’t ban AirTags. It would be more difficult to implement than say banning bringing a gallon of water.

duxup 4y ago

Possible to detect. Question would be how much compliance they would get, or mass non compliance that it becomes a hassle to deal with.

delecti 4y ago

It's absolutely possible to ban AirTags, it may or may not be possible to perfectly enforce that ban.