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A “Trust this AirTag” option, perhaps requiring the AirTag’s owner’s device to be involved as well, could solve this issue.

by fwlr 4y ago

ezfe 4y ago
This option is available if the AirTag is a family members' AirTag. You can ignore alerts indefinitely under those conditions.
- cr3ative 4y ago
  It isn’t. You can’t. I would love that to be true.
  - ezfe 4y ago
    Yes, it literally is. Aside from my partners' AirPods which are bugged up (unique to them specifically, not sure...) I've ignored alerts on all her other tags. When you receive the tracking alert, tap it and you will have a few options. One of those options is to ignore alerts. When you tap it, it will ask you whether you want to Pause Tracking Alerts for the day or indefinitely. If you tap indefinitely, you'll stop getting alerts for that item. You can see this referenced on Apple Support [1], but I've done this personally with success. The only devices it doesn't work on are AirPods but it works on my Chipolo wallet card and all my/their AirTags. [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227
    - cr3ative 4y ago
      Thank you, this is news to me, and apparently something is stubbornly not working properly in my setup. That "indefinite" option, which I've never seen before but you kindly highlight, should fix this case. Time to... debug a coin.
      - ezfe 4y ago
        If you are seeing their name (ie "John's AirTag" or "John's iPhone") then it should work. On the AirPods I mentioned that don't work, no name appears which I suspect is why.
lsaferite 4y ago
Why would the AirTag owner need to be involved? If I say that I trust a specific AirTag then it shouldn't matter what the owner thinks.
- fwlr 4y ago
  No particular reason it should be necessary, it’s just a step that is very easy to do for most of the legitimate use cases and maybe a little harder to do for some of the nefarious use cases. Having that step adds some differential friction, a little behavioral nudge in the direction of ethical AirTag use.
- justsomehnguy 4y ago
  Because that way other people could know who is the owner of the tag.
- 93po 4y ago
  I wouldn't be surprised if half of all cases of an known Airtag following you resulting in an annoying notification whose options were "Trust Airtag" and "Close", people would choose to trust to make the notification go away. Thus enabling stalking. edit: apparently Apple just disables the airtag in these situations so even the owner can't find it
mpolichette 4y ago
I think this option is still ripe for issues within a domestic abuse situation. The abuser would simply use their phone to “trust it”. Maybe a longer dismissal though?

A “Trust this AirTag” option, perhaps requiring the AirTag’s owner’s device to be involved as well, could solve this issue.

by fwlr 4y ago

A “Trust this AirTag” option, perhaps requiring the AirTag’s owner’s device to be involved as well, could solve this issue.

ezfe 4y ago

This option is available if the AirTag is a family members' AirTag. You can ignore alerts indefinitely under those conditions.

cr3ative 4y ago
It isn’t. You can’t. I would love that to be true.
- ezfe 4y ago
  Yes, it literally is. Aside from my partners' AirPods which are bugged up (unique to them specifically, not sure...) I've ignored alerts on all her other tags. When you receive the tracking alert, tap it and you will have a few options. One of those options is to ignore alerts. When you tap it, it will ask you whether you want to Pause Tracking Alerts for the day or indefinitely. If you tap indefinitely, you'll stop getting alerts for that item. You can see this referenced on Apple Support [1], but I've done this personally with success. The only devices it doesn't work on are AirPods but it works on my Chipolo wallet card and all my/their AirTags. [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227
  - cr3ative 4y ago
    Thank you, this is news to me, and apparently something is stubbornly not working properly in my setup. That "indefinite" option, which I've never seen before but you kindly highlight, should fix this case. Time to... debug a coin.
    - ezfe 4y ago
      If you are seeing their name (ie "John's AirTag" or "John's iPhone") then it should work. On the AirPods I mentioned that don't work, no name appears which I suspect is why.

lsaferite 4y ago

Why would the AirTag owner need to be involved? If I say that I trust a specific AirTag then it shouldn't matter what the owner thinks.

fwlr 4y ago
No particular reason it should be necessary, it’s just a step that is very easy to do for most of the legitimate use cases and maybe a little harder to do for some of the nefarious use cases. Having that step adds some differential friction, a little behavioral nudge in the direction of ethical AirTag use.
justsomehnguy 4y ago
Because that way other people could know who is the owner of the tag.
93po 4y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if half of all cases of an known Airtag following you resulting in an annoying notification whose options were "Trust Airtag" and "Close", people would choose to trust to make the notification go away. Thus enabling stalking. edit: apparently Apple just disables the airtag in these situations so even the owner can't find it

mpolichette 4y ago

I think this option is still ripe for issues within a domestic abuse situation. The abuser would simply use their phone to “trust it”. Maybe a longer dismissal though?