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> So it is now on me to know whether my object is lost or stolen? No. AirTags let you track your objects whether they are lost or stolen. It's just that they a
by microtherion 2y ago
> So it is now on me to know whether my object is lost or stolen?
No. AirTags let you track your objects whether they are lost or stolen. It's just that they also alert potential thieves to their presence, so any reasonably competent thief will be able to disable them.
> Clearly, more people are using these things to track down stuff that has been taken rather than find the remote control lost somewhere in their living room.
My use cases are to (a) find items that I misplaced or lost somewhere on my own. (b) track the whereabouts of luggage that got lost by an airline.
These cases are not particularly hindered by anti-stalking mechanisms.
- cyberax 2y ago> My use cases are to (a) find items that I misplaced or lost somewhere on my own. (b) track the whereabouts of luggage that got lost by an airline. You are technically not allowed AirTags in luggage because they contain li-ion batteries.
- Jtsummers 2y agoAirTags are allowed in checked bags. https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/hazmat/packsafe/resources/Airline_passengers_and_batteries.pdf https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/hazmat/packsafe/reso... The battery would be under the "In Equipment" column, not the "Spare" column.
- jerlam 2y agoNor do AirTags contain lithium ion batteries, they use standard non-rechargable CR2032 cells.
- Jtsummers 2y agoCR2032 batteries are lithium batteries, so they do fall under the rules for "Spares" (no to checked baggage). They are permitted "In Equipment" for checked baggage. They are on the "Lithium Metal" row as one of the three example photos.
- eropple 2y agoFor the curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_manganese_oxide_battery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_manganese_oxide_ba...
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- microtherion 2y agoAt some point, airlines were raising concerns, but the rules have changed. When I recently pointed out to the lost luggage department at an airport that I knew for a fact that the luggage (or at least the tracker) was right at the airport, they did not appear to be surprised or concerned at all.