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I feel like you should've been more careful with your question, unlawful people might answer that they lost AirPods although they didn't. Unless you have a way

I feel like you should've been more careful with your question, unlawful people might answer that they lost AirPods although they didn't. Unless you have a way to verify they're truthful owners, I would ask something like "I have something that might belong to you, did you lose anything in the past few days?" EDIT: I missed the part about verification, my bad.

nick-sta 2y ago
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groby_b 2y ago
I mean, he said right in the article that they verified they paired. Also, despite all the press hysteria, "unlawful people" aren't so common that a bunch of 80 messages will automatically bring them out of the woodwork. Most people are decent.
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noahchen 2y ago
I disagree. The suggested message is so generic, that it looks like spam, even to the person who lost the airpod. Also, the author said they verified that the airpods could pair with the owner's device
chrisfosterelli 2y ago
> "We confirmed that the AirPods paired, which wouldn't be possible if they didn't belong to them."
RockRobotRock 2y ago
Totally good point. I wanted the question to be direct without coming off mysterious or creepy. I knew people might lie, but I took a chance and figured the amount of liars would be manageable. If I hadn’t gotten lucky in finding them in <10 texts, I may have abandoned the idea. Only one other person tried to claim they were the owner.
laborcontract 2y ago
This framing of the question sounds like an implicit threat, and would scare the hell out of me if i received it from an unknown number. I’m definitely not replying to it.
bhelkey 2y ago
It looks like this was done through pairing. I think the AirPods need the case to pair so it seems like a reasonable test. > We confirmed that the AirPods paired, which wouldn't be possible if they didn't belong to them.
irjustin 2y ago
> I feel like you should've been more careful with your question, unlawful people might answer that they lost AirPods although they didn't. All it helps is remove a bit of spam. As the author writes, they checked pairing, but before that you can simply ask "Where do you think you lost them?"
- RockRobotRock 2y ago
  That's exactly what I asked the one other person who said yes and they stopped responding immediately after that

nick-sta 2y ago

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groby_b 2y ago

I mean, he said right in the article that they verified they paired. Also, despite all the press hysteria, "unlawful people" aren't so common that a bunch of 80 messages will automatically bring them out of the woodwork. Most people are decent.

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noahchen 2y ago

I disagree. The suggested message is so generic, that it looks like spam, even to the person who lost the airpod. Also, the author said they verified that the airpods could pair with the owner's device

chrisfosterelli 2y ago

> "We confirmed that the AirPods paired, which wouldn't be possible if they didn't belong to them."

RockRobotRock 2y ago

Totally good point. I wanted the question to be direct without coming off mysterious or creepy. I knew people might lie, but I took a chance and figured the amount of liars would be manageable. If I hadn’t gotten lucky in finding them in <10 texts, I may have abandoned the idea. Only one other person tried to claim they were the owner.

laborcontract 2y ago

This framing of the question sounds like an implicit threat, and would scare the hell out of me if i received it from an unknown number. I’m definitely not replying to it.

bhelkey 2y ago

It looks like this was done through pairing. I think the AirPods need the case to pair so it seems like a reasonable test. > We confirmed that the AirPods paired, which wouldn't be possible if they didn't belong to them.

irjustin 2y ago

> I feel like you should've been more careful with your question, unlawful people might answer that they lost AirPods although they didn't. All it helps is remove a bit of spam. As the author writes, they checked pairing, but before that you can simply ask "Where do you think you lost them?"

RockRobotRock 2y ago
That's exactly what I asked the one other person who said yes and they stopped responding immediately after that