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Airtags are such a mess. My partner has one on his keys. First it would just notify me when he left his phone in the car. No way to permanently dismiss that not

Airtags are such a mess. My partner has one on his keys. First it would just notify me when he left his phone in the car. No way to permanently dismiss that notification. Hmm. Then it started notifying me all the time whether he has his phone or not. I have a near constant notification that I can only "ignore" for 24 hours. Then it started beeping at random times like in a theatre. I would gladly agree to a waver so that I stopped getting those stupid notifications. I have no stalking concerns for myself. I'm at home almost all day and that is a secret to no one. These things are probably going in the trash soon.

fingerlocks 4y ago
That’s odd. My partner and I have two each and never have that experience. Like not at all. I wonder if the batteries are dying or the product is defective?
- smiley1437 4y ago
  Another anecdote, my partner and I also have 2 each and we've never, not once, had that experience either in the nearly two years we've had them. Which seems weird because you'd think it would definitely trigger the stalker warning.
- dougmwne 4y ago
  Yes, it's very clearly a bug. It didn't happen for the first month, then wouldn't stop. Turning on and off location services on his phone fixes it for a bit.
93po 4y ago
To clarify, your phone tells you he left his phone behind? Or the airtag on the keys tells you that the phone was left behind? Cus the latter sounds awesome for my use case.
- dougmwne 4y ago
  There's a product feature that notifies you when you leave your tagged item behind in a place that's not home. There's another anti-stalking feature that notifies other people if an airtag not paired with their phone is not with the phone it belongs to. But I'm encountering a bug where I get notified all the time, not just when the paired phone is not present. I know it's a bug because it only happens with one airtag, not the other.
tinus_hn 4y ago
Next up: people whining because crooks use AirTags to stalk them and Apple isn’t doing enough to stop it
- sli 4y ago
  Not sure why the derision is necessary. That's been a constant topic of discussion ever since AirTags released because it's a real concern that has multiple examples and has informed the design of the exact feature that the posted article is about.
  - tinus_hn 4y ago
    Nothing is necessary of course, it’s just to counterbalance the ‘hurr durr Apple bad’ crowd which seamlessly gaslights between ‘AirTags are terrible stalking devices and Apple is responsible for all stalkers and stalking wouldn’t be possible were it not for the terror of the AirTag’ and ‘I don’t care about privacy and why is Apple giving these stupid notifications to counter stalker use of AirTags.’ There’s tons of tracking devices on the market and Apple made choices to make the use of AirTags private and with a certain level of protection against stalker use. It’s known before you purchase them, if you don’t like it, don’t purchase them.

fingerlocks 4y ago

That’s odd. My partner and I have two each and never have that experience. Like not at all. I wonder if the batteries are dying or the product is defective?

smiley1437 4y ago
Another anecdote, my partner and I also have 2 each and we've never, not once, had that experience either in the nearly two years we've had them. Which seems weird because you'd think it would definitely trigger the stalker warning.
dougmwne 4y ago
Yes, it's very clearly a bug. It didn't happen for the first month, then wouldn't stop. Turning on and off location services on his phone fixes it for a bit.

93po 4y ago

To clarify, your phone tells you he left his phone behind? Or the airtag on the keys tells you that the phone was left behind? Cus the latter sounds awesome for my use case.

dougmwne 4y ago
There's a product feature that notifies you when you leave your tagged item behind in a place that's not home. There's another anti-stalking feature that notifies other people if an airtag not paired with their phone is not with the phone it belongs to. But I'm encountering a bug where I get notified all the time, not just when the paired phone is not present. I know it's a bug because it only happens with one airtag, not the other.

tinus_hn 4y ago

Next up: people whining because crooks use AirTags to stalk them and Apple isn’t doing enough to stop it

sli 4y ago
Not sure why the derision is necessary. That's been a constant topic of discussion ever since AirTags released because it's a real concern that has multiple examples and has informed the design of the exact feature that the posted article is about.
- tinus_hn 4y ago
  Nothing is necessary of course, it’s just to counterbalance the ‘hurr durr Apple bad’ crowd which seamlessly gaslights between ‘AirTags are terrible stalking devices and Apple is responsible for all stalkers and stalking wouldn’t be possible were it not for the terror of the AirTag’ and ‘I don’t care about privacy and why is Apple giving these stupid notifications to counter stalker use of AirTags.’ There’s tons of tracking devices on the market and Apple made choices to make the use of AirTags private and with a certain level of protection against stalker use. It’s known before you purchase them, if you don’t like it, don’t purchase them.