> No. Not if only. If they have been away from their paired phone for more than a few hours, they beep whenever they are moved. Far more than a few — I am away

> No. Not if only. If they have been away from their paired phone for more than a few hours, they beep whenever they are moved. Far more than a few — I am away from mine all day and they don't beep when moved. Apple apparently says it's somewhere between 8 and 24 hours. Also, they don't have to be right up against the paired phone — if someone is stalking a neighbor in apartment building, they probably come close enough to fool the system. Most importantly, it's trivial to disable the beeping: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/muted-airtags-danger#:~:text=Apple%20AirTags%20are%20meant%20to,between%20eight%20and%2024%20hours https://www.tomsguide.com/news/muted-airtags-danger#:~:text=....