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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, AirTag
by 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 agoHow 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 agoThe 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 agoSure, 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.